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''The Eagle Has Landed'' is a 1976 film [[The Film of the Book|based on the book of the same name]] by Jack Higgins, detailing a fictional plot to capture or kill [[Winston Churchill]] by a group of German commandos. [[Michael Caine]], Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall star as the leader of the squad, their Irish nationalist liaison, and the German colonel in charge of masterminding the mission. |
''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' is a 1976 film [[The Film of the Book|based on the book of the same name]] by Jack Higgins, detailing a fictional plot to capture or kill [[Winston Churchill]] by a group of German commandos. [[Michael Caine]], Donald Sutherland and Robert Duvall star as the leader of the squad, their Irish nationalist liaison, and the German colonel in charge of masterminding the mission. |
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* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: Averted. Steiner and his unit are depicted as chivalrous men of honor, and they are opposed to the persecution of Jews. |
* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: Averted. Steiner and his unit are depicted as chivalrous men of honor, and they are opposed to the persecution of Jews. |
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: All of the German's and their allies are [[Punch Clock Villain|Punch Clock Villains]] who seek to avoid unnecessary casualties {{spoiler|mostly}} and in some cases feel they have legitimate grievances against the British. The exception is Heinrich Himmler, who signed off on the mission and is pretty much as much a bastard as he was in [[Real Life]]. |
* [[Anti-Villain]]: All of the German's and their allies are [[Punch Clock Villain|Punch Clock Villains]] who seek to avoid unnecessary casualties {{spoiler|mostly}} and in some cases feel they have legitimate grievances against the British. The exception is Heinrich Himmler, who signed off on the mission and is pretty much as much a bastard as he was in [[Real Life]]. |
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