The Eagle Has Landed: Unveiling the Secrets Behind the Filming Locations

Have you seen John Sturges-directed film Eagle Has Landed, which was broadcast in 1976? It starred The Great Escape star, Michael Caine, who played the role of Col. Kurt Steiner.

Then, you will definitely want to unveil the secrets behind the filming locations of this movie. Today, to satisfy your curiosity, we have made some discoveries here.

The Eagle Has Landed film is filled with Adventure, Drama, Thriller, and War, which was released on December 25, 1976. Join us as we delve deep into the secrets behind the making of this compelling war film.

Ireland and the United Kingdom were the two main locations selected for filming. The filming unit set up camps at many places and did the filming.

Steiner saving the Jewish girl scene:-

Col. Kurt Steiner’s unsuccessful attempt to save the Jewish girl scene shown in the film was actually filmed in Rovaniemi, Finland. When Steiner and his men meet SS officers who are engaged in the process of liquidating the Jewish ghetto, his vision falls on a Jewish girl who try in an attempt to escape.

Steiner, horrified by the brutal treatment of Jews, is shown the girl, after which he intervenes in an attempt to save her and defies orders to go against the SS Officers.

In an attempt to escape the girl, he tries to make her sit on a flatbed train leaving the station. But despite efforts to save the Jewish girl, Steiner was unsuccessful in his rescue attempt.

Devlin at the bar scene Filming:-

Do you know where the scene in the movie where rogue Irishman Devlin is shown sitting in a bar was filmed? So for your information, let us tell you that for the filming of this scene, the crew used “Pier House Hotel” located in the UK’s Charlestown Rd.

Liam Devlin, sitting at the bar, was brilliantly played by actor Donald Sutherland.

Churchill is taken by Germans scene Behind Location:-

The scene in the film where Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s aide (Denis Lill) is taken to a safe place takes place in the quiet Norfolk village of Studley Constable. The scene was actually filmed at Mapledurham House.

Alderney scene Behind Location:-

The scene where Steiner and his loyal troops face court-martial proceedings was actually filmed near Charlestown Harbor, in which he later sent to a disciplinary brigade in the German-occupied territory of Alderney.

C-47 is held in Landsvoort Airfield scene Behind Location:-

The scene shown in the film where the C-47 was held at Landsvoort Airfield was actually filmed at UK’s RAF St Mawgan, R A F St Mawgan.

As per IMDB Info, the 1976 British war film The Eagle Has Landed was distributed by Cinema International Corporation.