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.