The Eagle Has Landed - Michael Caine as Kurt Steiner

[EvilKorbinDallas]

Sexy uniforms (:

[kaitimebb]

Death to the ss. And their kind everywhere.

[130988]

The book was awesome but the film was too short. For example where was a scene where Steiner's dad was tortured?

Btw this scene has been shot in Rovaniemi in Finland.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@130988 Was he? I should read the book if I could find it.

[McDago100]

The movie was ok, the book was much better. I read it in a few days, very hard to put down.

[Trashcansam123]

He reminds me of something that I occasionally pick up on my shoe in the gutter! Very unpleasant, on a hot day. And if you have the dubious honor of commanding the senseless slaughter, then I'd advise you to keep him downwind at all times! That is, of course, if you can tell the difference anymore.

[MOGGS1942]

You can't help but admire Steiner,and Caine plays him very well.

[tonidmc]

I love the REAL Stug III on the train. That details make the difference in an historic picture. Spielberg... what a crappy T-34 Tigers.....

[darket1234]

I think that besides a massacre in Crete of partisans and civilians, the fallschirmjagers had a reputation of fearless, honor, duty and sacrifice... not like these totenkoft SS/SD butchers

[doctornoooo]

Caine did restrained anger building to disgust about as well as it could be done: few did it better he played it large and never a hint of overacting or even acting with somebody like Pacino who is very good but always a bit hammy, a tad, whereas Caine is just always totally believable

[MajBlood]

Lol Michael Caine doesn't take shit from anyone. It takes balls to tell an SS officer to go fuck himself.

[superman2000100]

This scene was shot in Finnish Lapland, at Rovaniemi railway station, using old Finnish Railway (VR) coaches and a steam locomotive. Sir Michael Caine has filmed in Finland earlier, too, on "Billion Dollar Brain".

[Soundwave3591]

@superman2000100 it's also pretty cool to note that the tank on the flatcar is an actual panzer.

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[chamaera]

it one of my faviert part od this movie.....michael caine is soo good.

[xwingclass]

one of best 4 minutes of a movie ever. brilliant movie but unfortunaly some discard the movie because the goodies are badies.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@mac1971steel So you are Eagle Michael Kurt Steiner? Cool, man!

[bondita]

@TheUnforgivenRebel No! I am Kurt Steiner,..it is written above the title in the search box! Good luck Kurt !

[circesprophecy]

I'm so happy for this film. I'm half German, currently serving in the British Army, and no one understands how much the Wehrmacht hated the SS. My grandfather served in the Wehrmacht as a proud soldier who fought for his homeland, he never had any qualms with the Jews and detested Hitler. He was also an Oberst. He wrote home a lot to my grandmother telling of the horrors he saw, and somehow he managed to get it through the censoring. Dunno how!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@circesprophecy Interesting to have a Wehrmacht officer as grandfather. Thanks for sharing your experience.

[easideLAryder33]

@circesprophecy I'm also half German and serving in the British TA. My grandad was also a Wehrmacht officer, he fought in Norway and Russia and got shot about 5 times but survived, although he had a shrapnel injury and could never fully raise his left arm. He won many war medals, I have them all now :D

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@easideLAryder33 But he could still raise his right arm to throw a few "88's", HA HA HA! Just a joke. Interesting comment anyway.

[xwingclass]

@circesprophecy someday there will be a movie about german armymen who fought for there homeland but did hate hitler and his SS and what they were doing. amazing story.

[ImperialGuard9001]

@circesprophecy Wehrmacht usualy respect Waffen SS after all they were ones holding the Eastern Front all together the number of times Divisions such totenkopf or wiking had to be send to "holes" to stop a Soviet onslaugh are enorms I have meet a couple of friends with Waffen SS grandfathers and they dont fell less different about their grandpas than others with Wehrmacth vets grandfathers they were all comrades after all. As for rest wehrmacth wasnt less "clean" than SS all made warcrimes

[iHardStar]

Pro Jewish Shit. Fuck this shit, jews only give a fuck about themselfs

[spottydog4477]

at 2.00 mark the soldier in the centre is clearly holding an fg42 battle rifle!

talk about attention to detail !!

[tonidmc]

@spottydog4477 Yes! thats says that the director wanted total perfection. That scene with the Stug III is so real. even the tanks covered on the other train look like Panthers. Brilliant movie

[Spiritualseeker2007]

Great Movie

Great acting from Michael Cane .

And yes i agree there was good in the german army and not all bad.

Cheers

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@MrSunnydisposition Do it ;)

[phillipaj]

SS General, totally owned by Michael Caine. Now, then, anytime.

[StaffanGoldschmidt]

Michael Caine is not a craut as I can remember and german soldiers where no criminals.

[moleman9000]

I kept thinking he was gonna shout 'you were only supposed to blow the bloody doors off' in this film.

[wembley05]

"I will take the prisoner now" NOT in my watch either"! Hate this! Not one evil bastar*d would be alive! There is good and bad in all races! An eye for an eye! Killing children puts you over the edge in my book and bang bang!

[jckirlan]

Great movie but he best scene is near the end when the preacher condemns Miss Grey where he says 'no matter what the cause, may God grant you the time to relive this moment in shame'.

[ERIELACKU34CH]

Gruppen Fuhrer Jurgen Stroop.

[Mangopumper]

most people hate 'thorough going bastards' who have no feeling for the poor an oppressed...

[Mangopumper]

amazing scene..... "he reminds me of something that i occasionally pick up on my show ..."

What an incredible statement.... Honour

[societysucks1]

I hate thourgh going bastards without any honour also.

[777lightbringer]

Superb film ! One of my favourite scenes in any film"!! Also the Eagle has landed is one of the few movies to feature the fallschirmjager! Horrrido

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@777lightbringer Great movie indeed. And the best thing is that they are portrayed as normal guys who could even be good guys.

[witchman67]

Really good movie, it also features Judy Geeson, Treat Williams, and Larry Hagman.

[geo327]

stay down brana

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@geo327 Poor Brana.

[tonidmc]

The detail of the STUG III on the train, makes the scene really authentic!

[kovacenko]

the juews aTac german army in warshovia must bee retaliet douse comunist fanatic indezirabele or true PAIN IN THE ASS must die this is a god couse if yu want too live fine in yore contry yu must get rive o jeuws

[Ceaaa22]

@kovacenko Are you fucking brain damaged ?

[MrJconnolly1916]

@Ceaaa22 i agree, that cunt needs too go back to school and learn to spell

[BS1965able]

Michael cane is so good here.

[RADIOWebcast]

Even when playing someone trying to kill the best British Prime Minister in History, Michael Caine naileed it!!

[Lillyvon]

People yell about Meryl Streep and Robert De Niro and Al Pacino - but Michael Caine is still and was one of the best and finest working actors of our generation. I need to revisit this movie as well - my father, who fought in WW2 showed me this as a girl. Tis a distant memory but will be rewatching it this weekend for sure! Thank you for this clip!

[The505Guys]

Is it me or does Brana looks like a 50 year old transvestite?

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@The505Guys I think she looks nice in her own way.

[xwingclass]

@The505Guys i have thought that for over 35 years now.

[MrJimmyboy1972]

@The505Guys how do you think you would look if you had been deprived of food for a long time. probably 10 stone lighter, wazzock

[Slypaperclips]

Love Michael Caine but the book's better...

[SoylentMilk]

One of my favorite war movies, although a bit old compared to the rest of my favs. I really liked to see the germans portraid in a heroic way something rare in the ww2 movies (don't get me wrong tho I don't support nazis or something XD) Just for a change we can see there were good everyday people even in an army that did all those horrible things. I really liked the characters of Col. Steiner and Devlin. I also loved the theme of the ending titles.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

You're right. The characters are hard to forget also. Even Robert Duvall as Colonel Radl when at the end is about to be executed and sends his assistant to home (the blond haired guy).

And other minor characters like the one who plays the piano, also admiral Canaris and the one who drives the boat, a black haired guy which name I don't remember. They are all human beings as the movie portrays.

[70shawn]

@SoylentMilk

yes there must have been many good soldiers who were conflicted.

[invitriol123]

@TheUnforgivenRebel

Point taken. Should make it easier to digest. I myself have always liked this movie--hell, I even ordered and now own a copy of the score!

[invitriol123]

Yes, great movie indeed.

Unfortunately, like most Hollywood blockbusters, it has to have the mandatory sympathetic Jew part. Oh well. Not the fault of the actors I'm sure.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@invitriol123, Not so much jew blockbuster propaganda here in this movie because this scene doesn't only show jews as poor victims but shows that there were good german soldiers. Another movies make even Luftwaffe personnel look like cold blooded killer beasts, this movie doesn't.

[Lillyvon]

@invitriol123

I'm no genius but I would think the Jews copped a pretty bad time over that era in Europes History! I mean, just a guess but I would think they AT THAT TIME were worthy of sympathy for what they experienced and went through.

[invitriol123]

@Lillyvon

The Jews "copped a pretty bad time over that era" due in large part to their own behavior and in what they did to Germany during the inter war years, like bank speculation / runaway inflation, funding and actively helping the Bolshevik and Communist movements, promoting a derogatory culture through their 'Cabarets' in which many young poor German girls were ruthlessly exploited, etc.

They deserve NO sympathy.

And don't even get started on their Hollow-Hoax.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@invitriol123 I know, but don't try to tell me that every single woman or child belonging to that group was as an evil corruptor blood-sucker capitalist neo-communist cabaret owner banker, that's stupid... there were poor people from the villages too, so to the people from the East, normal people from Ukraine and Poland suffered by the "nazi" brutality just for being slavic.

[invitriol123]

@TheUnforgivenRebel "I know"

Thank You. You get it.

The Jews are the most tribal people on this planet.

"but don't try to tell me that every single woman or child belonging to that group was as an evil corruptor"

Of course not.

It's not ALL the Jews All the time.

It's just MOST of the Jews Most of the time.

[Lillyvon]

@invitriol123

Mmmm, yes it was a bad time and I'm sure you have some points - but it does not justify the MURDER of women and children on mass in the most horrible way possible. The history of man kind is spattered with horrible deads - things we as human beings should be ashamed of. This is one of them. Causing 'runaway inflation' does not add up to being gassed to death. Just my opinion of course!

[antarcticamoon]

Excellent accuracy -- even showing a Stug III being transported back to Germany for repairs. Strange though that the railway security personnel did not have their Mauser 98K's already chambered.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@antarcticamoon , Maybe the reason for the rifles weren't chambered was some kind of tactic. HAHAHA xD.

[wojo44frompl]

1:57-2:08 - one of Steiner's man have a FG 42 !

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@wojo44frompl , Yeah. They are Fallschirmjaeger.

[Alclyson85]

Great Movie... Love it just love it....

[TOMMASCRAWLEY]

imagine Apocalypto with english speaking actors

[zillsbury]

on a HOT DAY!

[armyveteran101st]

I watched this movie more than a few times when it came out in the late 70's. I was a child then, and by now I had forgotten how unsettling and confusing it is to see supposedly German SS officers and personnel speaking English with British accents. Makes it kind'a difficult to suspend disbelief. That's my only complaint about this movie, which is quite good. However, I recommend the book, which contains a more fully developed version of the story, as tends to happen. Thanks for posting this!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Well, british accents for this kind of characters sound better than american accents. Just my thought.

[armyveteran101st]

You know, most other epic war movies that came out when I was a kid, (like "A Bridge Too Far" and "The Longest Day"), were excellent too. They actually went through the trouble of having the actors portraying German soldiers speak German, and they used subtitles. This made them better movies and much more believable. I wish they would have done the same with this movie, (which was still very good), because it would have made it one of the classics. American accents would have ruined everything!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@armyveteran101st, german characters speaking german with subtitles it's the most realistic way. But if the movie would have been made in German, Michael Caine would not be there and many other british actors, even the american Robert Duvall would be missed. :(

[Jonte89]

Actually there is a lot of movies containing both german, british and american actor with the most famous being The Longest Day and as far as my knowledge goes John Wayne isnt german :)

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

But John Wayne plays an american officer in that movie.

[Jonte89]

@TheUnforgivenRebel

That is true, but there really is no problem in having those actors.

[RADIOWebcast]

@armyveteran101st Michael Caine was in A Bridge Too Far, wasn't he? A Radio Operator of some sort, I believe. Yeah! He was! I remember!! What a brilliant guy he is.

[armyveteran101st]

@RADIOWebcast yes, he was. He played the role of one of the senior British ground commanders that were tasked to link up with the airborne divisions. He is a fantastic actor, and I have yet to see a bad movie with him in it. He's getting up there in age, but he is one of cinema's classic actors by far.

[SydneyRover]

@RADIOWebcast Didn't he play a tank commander in A Bridge Too Far?

[Sabreur64]

Indeed, the book is better by a country mile. The way Jack Higgins writes himself into the beginning when he discovers the grave of Steiner and his men would have been very interesting. And how would people in England have reacted to Harvey Preston the British Freikorps SS man?

[XYZ8]

A great movie, indeed!!! Five stars!!!

[panamaniak]

Yep. I don't why people hate Jews,Blacks,Mexicans,Whites,it­'s rather silly to hate a WHOLE group of people who have no more control over what color or ethnic group they are born in than one has over the weather.

[panamaniak]

my favorite part,Kurt doesn't like Nazis. and neither do I!

[the82spartans]

Powerful scene.

I must revist this film.... it's been a long time.

[Klottelitsch]

Man this Steiner is a brave guy very brave!!!

I can only admit this bravery even its only a movie dialogue but Michael Caine plays his part very well!!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Yes he is. For some reason his men are so loyal to him.

It's a shame what happened with that girl...

[Sejanus]

espectacular movie!!

[kingwilson06ad]

Michael Caine's finest scene ever in my book

[Klottelitsch]

I am so sorry that my country germany did that crime to the jews!! I am 25 years old and i am still sorry!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

@Klottelitsch , it's okay man. It wasn't your fault, many germans didn't know what was really happening and the ones who knew, the good ones... had no option but keep doing their work.

[Klottelitsch]

@TheUnforgivenRebel

thank you, I know it was not my fault but if more honorable people like this fictual officer Steiner had argued as seen in this movie, holocaust maybe did not happen as it happened.

This here is my favourite scene of any wartime movie

[progressiverebel]

@Klottelitsch , You had to be there to understand. In the US we had our own conservatives like the the Longs of Lousianna. with the depresssion and hyperinflation and without a strong democratic history Germany stumbled into dictatorship. Once the bad guys get in control, its hard to root them out. There is no way to say your sorry to 7 millon dead. Instead, take care of the living. Tell all the truth of what happened. Germany is a good friend to the world. We all remember..

[kingwilson06ad]

your country was not alone... a lot of other Europeans pitched in, not just Germans

[Nesian79]

@Klottelitsch, es ist nicht dein schuld! Wir mussen immer daran denken, aber es ist auch wichtig, was man heute fuer die Menschheit machen kann!

[Klottelitsch]

Oh yes Steiner !! Hit the SS guy knock him down!

[Klottelitsch]

Fuck SS!!! I hate SS!

[Klottelitsch]

And i can tell you I AM GERMAN and I would have said the same as Steiner says to this SS Guy!! I hate SS!!! I like german honorable officers!

[Klottelitsch]

Oh yes its very important to show that there were brave and honorable german officers that HATED SS Guys as this Obersturmbannfuehrer who wants to murder the Jews GREAT PERFORMANCE and GREAT SPEACH of Michael Caine (STEINER!!)

[rogerkodiaksports]

you saluted the man not the rank as opposed to saluting the rank not the man day to day

[goldyn12345]

just goes to show that not all german soldiers were nazis, they were part of the wehrmacht. they fought for their country and not for hitler!!!

[forty8r]

Where is his soldier book????

[Alclyson85]

Love this movie...

[HeadyD506th]

Michael Caine rocks in this... it is good to see some one show a romantic heart here....

[huuhko]

filmed in Finland

[armalite1978]

great scene

[antarcticamoon]

The sentry who first warns Steiner to stay on the train and then snaps off a sharp salute, does so when he sees his Knight's Cross. However, being awarded the prestigious award didn't necessarily indicate Steiner was an officer, so why he saluted is a bit of a mystery.

[svku911]

1942, Hitler ordered that a Knight's Cross recipient, regardless of the rank of the wearer, were to greet first.

[antarcticamoon]

Ah yes, then that makes sense. Thank you. The United States has the same regulation regarding the Medal of Honor.

[agsibarani]

The German armed forces, like the US and the UK armed forces, granted those where awarded the highest medal for valour (Medal of Honour, Victoria Cross) the right to be saluted first regardless of rank. So in theory, a US four star general (or even the president for that fact) should salute a private who was awarded the Medal of Honor first when the ribbon is recognized.

[jarnomiedema]

I think this may be similar all around the world in fact. Several months ago, a Dutch captain from the Royal Commandos was awarded the Military William Order for "performing excellent acts of Bravery, Leadership and Loyalty in battle" in Afghanistan. One of the things that was said was that he also now had the honour of being saluted first, even by officers that are ranked higher than him.

[2ndltalfredludlow]

Could you upload the part that the paratroopers are landing, while Devlin is waiting on the beach?

[TRUMPER007]

The special edition is worth watching with many extra scenes iincluding Canaris meeting with Himmler at the beginning and an explanation to Radls incurable illness.

[RedStarRogue]

This certainly is a great, but unfortunately, overlooked war movie. I was told by my old boss once about some of the differences from the book, one of them being that the U.S. rangers were originally British commandos, and Robert Duvall's character shoots himself instead of being knocked off by a firing squad. Michael Caine is great in this scene, that's why I faved this. I also just love anything WWII in general.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Big differences between the book and the movie.

I got more clips from WW2 movies in my channel, take a look if you are interested.

[Jabberdau]

"He reminds me of something I occasionally pick up on my shoe in the gutter. Very unpleaseant on a hot day."

ha ha, ultimate insult there.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Yeah.

[macky111222]

hahaha overiding british accent, nice one caine

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

British play better Germans than the Americans. xD

[macky111222]

exactly just look at ralph fiennes in schindlers list

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Yeah, a classic. Other british actors who played germans very well are Richard Burton and Robert Shaw. But Ed Harris, who is american, played a mean one in Enemy at the Gates.

Also, I noticed that nazis in German war movies aren't so "badass" as in British or American movies... they look more average. (physically)

[macky111222]

ed harris was very good indeed, i didn't feel he was trying to be german but more natural as in by not using a german accent but when he toyed with sacha you knew the boy was going to die and it was very powerful. an interesting observation but then again its probably a propaganda thing to make the germans look and seem inferior to those that would eventually defeat them (allies). band of brothers was more balanced, the german soldiers were alot more menacing than your other typical ww2 film

[dixxjamm]

Yep, and it's not surprising, Anglo-Saxon heritage, geographical proximity and somewhat common culture...plus, the English were always very keen to imitate Germans in movies or TV, whether it's for comedic or dramatic purpose...have you seen the Fry and Laurie interrogation sketch ? What makes Michael Caine's performance oddly brilliant is that he doesn't even have a German accent (as it is usally the solution in these instances), he does it all form posture,emotion and manneurisms...genius.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

Hmmm... the british heritage is kind of different to german... Specially for those germans from Bavaria, who are catholic, traditionalists and beer-loving people.

Anyway, Michael Caine excells in this movie by his way of acting.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

I love the whole plot, specially that part.

[Fryfish9]

I don't know of any SS Generals operating around Warsaw at the time of the Jewish rebellion who had the Knight's Cross. I know that Krüger got it later after he went to the front.

[Grimmest117]

Oscar Dirlewanger was the SS General in command of the raising of the Ghetto. He was commander of the 36th SS Division that bore his name. The 36th SS was made up of criminals. He was awarded the Knight's Cross for his reduction of the Ghetto. Dirlewanger was accused of being a pedophile and a homosexual. Those charges may have been allied propaganda, but there seems to have been some basis for them. Hitler awarding the Knight's Cross to Dirlewanger didn't sit well with anyone except Hitler.

[Fryfish9]

Are you sure? I thought that the Warsaw Ghetto action was commanded first by Sammern and later by Stroop and that it was Stroop who razed the Ghetto. As for Dr. Dirlewanger, I think that the Reich govt actually jailed him in a KZ because of his relationship with an underage girl. Dirlewanger was an appaling individual on many levels but he did have physical courage; he was apparently wounded 12 times during the course of WW2.

[Grimmest117]

Dirlewanger was in overall command of the operation wich was conducted bye the 36th SS, the Kaminski Brigade, and several SS/SD units.

One of the most difficult things I have run into while trying to research WWII German Generals is trying to sift through allied propaganda, and post war german apologist propaganda. SS Generals in paticular had their records "revised" to reflect post war anti nazi sentiments.

I'm sure had Rommel been an SS man, his record would have been "revised" .

[hoosieryank1967]

What did you have to do to get Oak Leaves PLUS swords?

[jamesbluntslunts]

a salute is customary to a General, Herr Oberst - even to one of S.S !

friggn nazi scum

[EgyptianGraphite]

Simply magnificent

[StahoPOLEN]

still these all pieces of rubbish died near Stalingrad

[BadTeutonik]

Hey!

Have you ever seen the polish war flag?

A white cross on a white underground!

[stevenstreets3]

ever seen Hitlers burial shroud?

a brown streak on his shirt tail.

[LIVERPOOLSCOTTISH]

Great scene- Michael Caine at his best. Oberst Kurt Steiner & his Fallschirmtruppen- Top Blokes!

[HMservant]

"There you you see Hans, I can always see a thorough bastard when I see one!" Classic Anthony Quayle!

[Braunheim]

@HMservant That was Michael Caine's line. Antony Quayle played Adm. Canaris...

[HMservant]

@Braunheim Yes. Quite right, I meant Michael Caine, don't know why I said Anthony Quayle.

[xwingclass]

@HMservant Michael Caine.

[HMservant]

@xwingclass I know that! I was looking at the Wiki article on Anthony Quayle when I made the comment, I got the names mixed up.

[Simmm45]

Fantastic Movie!

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

I love it.

[Lidija12]

I can always tell a bastard when i see one :)

[ryan3571]

A very good and important post indeed, thank you very much.

[TheUnforgivenRebel]

I'm glad you liked it!