La Notte dell'aquila
Paese d'origine: UK
Location del set: Finland Mapledurham, Oxfordshire, England, UK
Versioni alternative: - The UK video version of this movie (once available on Channel 5/Spectrum sell thru) is missing roughly 12 minutes of footage. This material can be found in the version screened by the BBC, although the 'beeb' decided to censor two brief scenes of violence (after Grey shoots Pitts, there's a quick shot of blood covering his face and a U.S. soldier having his shoulder shot while a colleague pronounces "son of a bitch"; both of these are in the shorter video version). The following omissions occur in the video: - Radl and Karl walking to map room, putting map on wall (this follows Radl saying "where is Studley Barnett") - Liam walking into churchyard, then church, meeting Father Vereker and Pamela (following the pub scene) - Long, important dialogue scene with Liam, Grey and Steiner discussing their motives (following the manouvres scene) - Pitts telling his men to "put that windshield down, and give me some hand grenades" (following the war office disagreement) - Pitts looking through binoculars, putting white flag on jeep and negotiating with a nazi, whilst his men get into position (after Clark stops Churchill) - Brief shot of nazi playing theme music on church organ - Brief shot of above nazi, dead slumped over organ - Radl and Karl outside in Alderney (after Steiner and Devlin depart) - Two U.S. soldiers send dogs into a hut after Devlin, then Devlin using his dog whistle trick (after Steiner knocks soldier unconscious).
Genere: Adventure War
Lingue: English
Plot: Luftwaffe Oberst Steiner, a German parachute unit commander, is sent to England on a covert mission to kidnap Prime Minister Winston Churchill and bring him to Berlin. The seemingly impossible assignment becomes more and more feasible as the mission grows nearer with Steiner and his men arriving in England to a very real possibility of success. Colonel Steiner is a German Officer in WW II who has been imprisoned for opposing genocide. He is offered an assignment to go to England and Assassinate Winston Churchill. His group of loyal commandos dress as Polish soldiers and take over a small English town, supposedly on a training maneuver to await the coming visit of the Prime Minister.
Visti censura internazionale: Norway:16 Sweden:15 UK:15 USA:PG Netherlands:16 Finland:K-16
Date di uscita internazionali:
| Finland:25 December 1976 |
| Norway:5 April 1977 |
| Sweden:25 December 1976 |
| OFM:35 mm |
| PFM:35 mm |
| RAT:2.35 : 1 |
| PCS:Panavision | (anamorphic) |
| MET:3710 m | (Sweden) |
| UK:134 |
| USA:123 |
distribuzione cinematografica nazionale:
columbia pictures
produzione cinematografica: incorporated television company (itc) associated general films
produttore cinematografico: niven jr. david wiener jack
regista: sturges john
attore: caine michael sutherland donald duvall robert agutter jenny pleasence donald quayle anthony marsh jean taube sven-bertil standing john (i) geeson judy williams treat hagman larry jawdokimov alexei wren richard byrne michael hansen joachim lill denis parsé rick thelen léonie buckley keith plummer terence barlow tim barrett john (iii) binchy kate roëves maurice gilliam david conaway jeff teeter asa reece robert g. mcculloch jack rauch siegfried forrest anthony
direttore della fotografia: richmond anthony b.
scenografia: murton peter
montaggio: coates anne v.
compositori: schifrin lalo
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mankiewicz tom higgins jack (i)
costumi: blake yvonne
troupe varia: lindman åke mollo andrew hayman gordon suter derek wilcox john (i) fennell elsa jones sally allwork peter bawden james beharrell john bianci douglas bianci edna evans martin (i) forrester penelope freeborn ray freeman geoff frift ray fröhlich hubert hanson bernard jackson harry (iii) jarvis michael whitear george
varie ecomond press: lee lighting ltd.
produzione cinematografica: incorporated television company (itc) associated general films
produttore cinematografico: niven jr. david wiener jack
regista: sturges john
attore: caine michael sutherland donald duvall robert agutter jenny pleasence donald quayle anthony marsh jean taube sven-bertil standing john (i) geeson judy williams treat hagman larry jawdokimov alexei wren richard byrne michael hansen joachim lill denis parsé rick thelen léonie buckley keith plummer terence barlow tim barrett john (iii) binchy kate roëves maurice gilliam david conaway jeff teeter asa reece robert g. mcculloch jack rauch siegfried forrest anthony
direttore della fotografia: richmond anthony b.
scenografia: murton peter
montaggio: coates anne v.
compositori: schifrin lalo
sceneggiatori e soggettisti: mankiewicz tom higgins jack (i)
costumi: blake yvonne
troupe varia: lindman åke mollo andrew hayman gordon suter derek wilcox john (i) fennell elsa jones sally allwork peter bawden james beharrell john bianci douglas bianci edna evans martin (i) forrester penelope freeborn ray freeman geoff frift ray fröhlich hubert hanson bernard jackson harry (iii) jarvis michael whitear george
varie ecomond press: lee lighting ltd.


