# Where Eagles Dare (1968)

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**Runtime**: 155 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, War
**Directed by**: Brian G. Hutton
**Written by**: Alistair MacLean
**Starring**: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston

> *One weekend Major Smith, Lieutenant Schaffer, and a beautiful blonde named Mary decided to win World War II.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You parachute into the Alps with orders to infiltrate a Nazi fortress, and the mission seems straightforward. But the rescue unfolds into layers of deception. Hutton’s camera catches squinting faces, each betrayal a fresh blast of winter. The film lingers in the spaces between loyalty and self-preservation.

**Mood tags**: mindfuck, paranoid, playful

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