Ken Follett's Red Eagle
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ken Follett's Red Eagle |
| Original title | Red Eagle Lie Down with Lions |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1994 |
| length | 179 (87 + 92) minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Jim Goddard |
| script |
Guy Andrews , Julian Bond |
| production |
Geoffrey Reeve , Jim Reeve |
| music | Carl Davis |
| camera | Eduard van der Enden |
| cut | Bob Morgan |
| occupation | |
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Ken Follett's Red Eagle (original title: Lie Down with Lions , alternatively Red Eagle ) is a British thriller from 1994 . Directed by Jim Goddard and written by Guy Andrews and Julian Bond based on the 1986 novel The Lions by Ken Follett .
action
Jack Carver works incognito as a CIA agent. He meets an acquaintance of his doctor friend Peter Husak, the nurse Kate Nessen. Carver begins a relationship with Nessen, from which he hides his work. The couple live in Luxembourg, but when Kate finds out the truth about Jack's real job, she decides to leave him and goes with Peter as a volunteer doctor in Nagorno-Karabakh, one of the most unstable former Soviet republics. But Peter is blackmailed by the KGB and forced to spy. When Kate finds out, he decides to turn to Jack, who is also present in the area, to carry out a dangerous mission: to protect Safar Khan, the leader of the independence guerrillas. Jack, Kate and Safar flee and manage to neutralize the Russian mercenaries in the KGB's wages who want Safar's head, but Jack does not fulfill his mission: he knows the CIA is not really interested in the guerrilla cause, but he does does it it serves to counteract the KGB. So Safar stays among his people, while Kate and Jack spokes the world for his message of peace and freedom.
Reviews
The TV Spielfilm magazine ridiculed the film as a "lame duck" .
backgrounds
The film was shot in France and Luxembourg . Production costs were estimated at 4 million pounds sterling . On television, the film is often shown in two parts.
Web links
- Ken Follett's Red Eagle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ken Follett's Red Eagle in the Lexicon of International Films
- Ken Follett Red Eagle at rotten tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ TV feature film , accessed July 2, 2008
- ^ Filming locations for Lie Down with Lions , accessed July 2, 2008
- ^ Box office / business for Lie Down with Lions , accessed July 2, 2008