PG-1320111h 54mAdventureDrama
The Eagle
The destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire.
56Pop Score9 of 9 sources
Audiences +6 vs criticsIn 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
- Director
- Kevin Macdonald
- Writer
- Jeremy Brock
- Novel
- Rosemary Sutcliff
- Music
- Atli Örvarsson
- Cinematography
- Anthony Dod Mantle
Ratings
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Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 8 Feb 2011
- Original language
- English
