On Wings of Eagles (2016)

Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.

Directors:

Stephen Shin, Michael Parker (co-director)

Writers:

Rubby Xu, Christopher C. Chan

Stars:

Joseph Fiennes, Bruce Locke, Augusta Xu-Holland

Cast

Credited cast:
Joseph Fiennes	...	Eric Liddell
Bruce Locke	...	Old Xu Niu (voice)
Augusta Xu-Holland	...	Catherine Standish
Shawn Dou	...	Xu Niu
Jesse Kove	...	Hugh Johnson
Richard Sanderson	...	Dr. Hubbard
Simon Twu	...	Chen Quan
Elizabeth Arends	...	Florence Liddell
Darren Grosvenor	...	Gentleman
Patrice Poujol	...	Louis Klein
Zach Ireland	...	David Marshall
Shigeo Kobayashi	...	Yoshinori Yumoto
Asta Friis Lodahl	...	Heather Liddell
Laura Justine Friis Lodahl	...	Patricia Liddell

Storyline

Eric Liddell may have won gold for the United Kingdom and possessed a lilting Highland brogue, but he was born in China and lived more than half his life there evangelizing and teaching. On Wings of Eagles is everything you ever wanted to know about what happened to Liddell - who famously refused to run an Olympic race on a Sunday to honor God - after the 1924 Olympics when he returned to China, the home of his heart. But Eric's beloved homeland is about to be occupied by Imperial Japan.

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Plot Keywords:

japanese occupation | japanese occupation of china | prisoner of war | prison camp | japanese soldier | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violent images

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

China Hong Kong USA

Language:

English Mandarin Japanese

Release Date:

3 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Race

Filming Locations:

Tianjin, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Goodland Pictures, Innowave Limited, BondIt

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

64 minutes in the film one of the prisoners at a Japanese World War II internment camp is looking at a photo of Ziegfeld girl, Dorothy Flood,

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Alternate Versions

Western version (re-cut) is entitled "ON WINGS OF EAGLES"

User Reviews

An excellent and touching film about Eric Liddell.

We had to drive 1.5 hours to see this film, as it was only in one theater in our state. The drive was totally worth it!!! On Wings of Eagles is a very high quality film, with production value, sets, acting, and special effects that could compare to most Hollywood flicks. Joseph Fiennes' performance was very strong and believable. His acting talent carried this film, just as it did in Risen. The story is very moving and inspiring, and is a great sequel to Chariots of Fire. I was very excited to see this on the big screen and hope that many people will be inspired by it. Several scenes with blood give it its' PG-13 rating, but the violence is not disturbing or overly graphic. This is a great film that is worth watching! My rating: Excellent!!!