Eye of the Needle (1981)

Directed by

Richard Marquand

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 255 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German spy in World War II Britain learns a secret about the D-Day invasion. He tries to get back to Germany but gets stuck on a remote Scottish island with a family.

tensesuspensefulbleakgrittyslow-burnwartimeisolatedrelentless

What happens

Eye of the Needle is a 1981 British spy film directed by Richard Marquand, and starring Donald Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. Written by Stanley Mann, it is based on the 1978 novel of the same title by Ken Follett. The film is about a German Nazi spy in the United Kingdom during World War II who discovers vital information about the upcoming D-Day invasion and his attempt to return to Germany while he is stranded with a family on the isolated (fictional) Storm Island, off the coast of Scotland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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