The Eagle Has Landed

2022 - 12 - 17

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Image courtesy of "Berkshire Live"

Look back at when village near Reading became backdrop for ... (Berkshire Live)

The classic film featuring a German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill was filmed just a few miles across the border in Oxfordshire.

However the film itself was shot just outside Reading in the village of Mapledurham. Donald Sutherland meanwhile plays the role of IRA man Liam Devlin - who is working with the Nazis. The Eagle Has Landed is an iconic British war film starring Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland.

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