---
title: 'The Eagle (2011)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kevin Macdonald'
released: '2011-02-09'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eagle-2011'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034389/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Eagle (2011)

2011 · 114 min · Drama, War, Adventure, History · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Eagle is a 2011 epic historical drama film set in Roman Britain directed by Kevin Macdonald, and starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell and Donald Sutherland. Adapted by Jeremy Brock from Rosemary Sutcliff's historical adventure novel The Eagle of the Ninth (1954), the film tells the story of a young Roman officer attempting to recover the lost Roman eagle standard of his father's legion in Caledonia. The story is based on the Ninth Spanish Legion's supposed disappearance in Britain. Historically, the purported disappearance of the Ninth Legion in Northern Britain is a subject of debate.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kevin Macdonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-macdonald)
- **Screenplay:** [Rosemary Sutcliff](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosemary-sutcliff), [Jeremy Brock](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-brock)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Atli Örvarsson](https://cinepixo.com/people/atli-orvarsson)
- **Producer:** [Duncan Kenworthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/duncan-kenworthy)
- **Director of Photography:** [Anthony Dod Mantle](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-dod-mantle)
- **Editor:** [Justine Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/justine-wright)

## Cast

- [Donald Sutherland](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-sutherland) as Marcus's Uncle Aquila
- [Mark Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-strong) as Guern/Lucius Caius Metellus
- [Ned Dennehy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ned-dennehy) as Chief of the Seal People
- [Jamie Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-bell) as Esca
- [Denis O'Hare](https://cinepixo.com/people/denis-o-hare) as Centurion Lutorius
- [Brian Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-gleeson)
- [Jon Campling](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-campling)
- [Pip Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/pip-carter) as Tribune Placidus
- [Lukács Bicskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/lukacs-bicskey)
- [Zsolt László](https://cinepixo.com/people/zsolt-laszlo)
- [Dakin Matthews](https://cinepixo.com/people/dakin-matthews) as Legate Claudius
- [Douglas Henshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-henshall) as Cradoc
- [Aladár Laklóth](https://cinepixo.com/people/aladar-lakloth)
- [Paul Ritter](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-ritter) as Galba
- [Julian Lewis Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-lewis-jones)

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Official site: https://www.focusfeatures.com/the_eagle
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-eagle-2011
Film facts: Wikidata (Q81145); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.