The Eagle
“The destiny of a soldier. The honour of a slave. The fate of an empire.”
In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth. Accompanied only by his British slave Esca, Marcus sets out across Hadrian's Wall into the uncharted highlands of Caledonia - to confront its savage tribes, make peace with his father's memory, and retrieve the lost legion's golden emblem, the Eagle of the Ninth.
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Cast
19 people
Channing Tatum
Marcus Aquila
Known for
Jupiter Ascending
21 Jump Street
Mark Strong
Guern
Known for
Shazam!
1917
Jamie Bell
Esca
Known for
The Adventures of Tintin
Billy Elliot
Donald Sutherland
Aquila
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
The Undoing
Denis O'Hare
Lotorius
Known for
Dallas Buyers Club
True Blood
Tahar Rahim
Seal Prince
Known for
A Prophet
The Mauritanian
Dakin Matthews
Claudius Marcellus
Known for
True Grit
Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life
Douglas Henshall
Cradoc
Known for
Primeval
Who Is Erin Carter?
Paul Ritter
Galba
Known for
Chernobyl
Friday Night Dinner
Pip Carter
Servius Placidus
Known for
Hostage
Wolf Hall
Ned Dennehy
Seal Chief / The Horned One
Known for
Peaky Blinders
Good Omens
István Göz
Cohort Centurion
Known for
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
Monte Carlo
Kevin Macdonald Director · Jeremy Brock Screenplay Rosemary Sutcliff Author
Worldwide gross $27M · Budget $25M · United States release February 11, 2011
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$27,122,040
Gross vs. budget
1.1×
Production
Prime Focus
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Toledo Productions
Production
Focus Features
Production · Studio
Twins Financing
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Film4 Productions
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Prime Focus Studios
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United States
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The Eagle of the Ninth
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Finland · February 8, 2011
Digital
United States · February 11, 2011
Theatrical
Australia
July 20, 2011 · Theatrical
Brazil
September 23, 2011 · Theatrical
Czechia
April 21, 2011 · Theatrical
France
May 4, 2011 · Theatrical
Germany
March 3, 2011 · Theatrical
Greece
March 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Hungary
March 24, 2011 · Theatrical
Ireland
March 25, 2011 · Digital
Italy
September 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Kazakhstan
February 8, 2011 · Theatrical
Netherlands
March 3, 2011 · Theatrical
August 24, 2011 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
June 2, 2012 · TV · RTL 5
Portugal
June 16, 2011 · Theatrical
Russia
February 10, 2011 · Theatrical
Spain
April 8, 2011 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
March 25, 2011 · Theatrical
June 10, 2011 · Physical
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