The destiny of a soldier. The honor of a slave. The fate of an empire.

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The Eagle is a historical adventure film set in Roman Britain, following a young centurion and his slave on a perilous quest to recover his father's lost legionary standard and restore his family's honor.

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instanceOf feature film ⓘ
film ⓘ
historical adventure film ⓘ
basedOn The Eagle of the Ninth ⓘ
basedOnAuthor Rosemary Sutcliff ⓘ
castMember Channing Tatum ⓘ
Denis O'Hare ⓘ
Donald Sutherland ⓘ
Douglas Henshall ⓘ
Jamie Bell ⓘ
Mark Strong ⓘ
Ned Dennehy ⓘ
Tahar Rahim ⓘ
centralTheme class and servitude ⓘ
honor ⓘ
identity ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
cinematographyBy Anthony Dod Mantle ⓘ
coProtagonist Esca ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Kevin Macdonald ⓘ
distributor Focus Features ⓘ
editedBy Justine Wright ⓘ
filmingLocation Hungary ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
historical adventure ⓘ
war film ⓘ
historicalContext Legend of the lost Ninth Legion in Britain ⓘ
language English ⓘ
leadActor Channing Tatum ⓘ
Jamie Bell ⓘ
mainCharacter Esca ⓘ
Marcus Aquila ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Atli Örvarsson ⓘ
plotSummary A young Roman centurion and his slave journey beyond Hadrian's Wall to recover the lost eagle standard of the Ninth Legion. ⓘ
producer Duncan Kenworthy ⓘ
productionCompany Film4 Productions ⓘ
Toledo Productions ⓘ
protagonist Marcus Aquila ⓘ
releaseDateUS 2011-02-11 ⓘ
releaseYear 2011 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 114 ⓘ
screenwriter Jeremy Brock ⓘ
settingPeriod 2nd-century Roman Britain ⓘ
settingPlace Hadrian's Wall region ⓘ
linked to: Northumbria

Roman Britain ⓘ
tagline The destiny of a soldier. The honor of a slave. The fate of an empire. ⓘ

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The Eagle → hasTagline → The destiny of a soldier. The honor of a slave. The fate of an empire. ⓘ