Eye of the Eagle (Danish: Ørnens Øje) is a 1997 Danish medieval adventure film directed by Peter Flinth. Based on an original screenplay by Bjarne O. Henriksen, it takes place in Denmark during 1218. Filming primarily took place at the Asserbo Castle ruins in Denmark, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, and Tisvilde Strand at Tisvildeleje in Denmark. The film won five of Denmark's Robert Awards in 1998.
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Plot
War is upon Denmark, and King Valdemar II sends his only son and heir in safety to Eskil, bishop of Ravensburg, who is instructed to educate the prince. As soon as the king leaves the country to go to war, the bishop makes plans about seizing the crown for himself. Accidentally the prince and the kitchen-boy Aske overhear the schemes of Eskil and his conspirators, but are seen and pursued by a one-eyed man, who wants to take revenge on the king for leaving him behind on a battlefield where he lost his eye. The eye was swallowed by an eagle, which he has tamed and now shares his sight with.
Cast
Nijas Ørnbak-Fjeldmose as prince Valdemar
Lasse Baunkilde as kitchen-boy Aske
Lars Lohmann as king Valdemar
Björn Granath as bishop Eskil
Bjørn Floberg as the one-eyed man
Rasmus Haxen as Morten Trefinger (Threefinger)
Kristian Halken as Gert Fredløs (the Outlawed)
Maj Bockhahn Bjerregaard as Signe
Baard Owe as brother Sune
Hardy Rafn as brother Grammaticus
Thorbjørn Hummel as count Albert
Asger Reher as squire Mikkelsen
Folmer Rubæk as a squire
Steen Stig Lommer as a squire
Lasse Lunderskov as a coachman
Erik Wedersøe as the voice of the one-eyed man
Production
Filming primarily took place at the Asserbo Castle ruins in Denmark, Eilean Donan Castle in Scotland, and Tisvilde Strand at Tisvildeleje in Denmark.
Awards
The film won five of Denmark's Robert Awards in 1998.
Best Costume Design (Manon Rasmussen)
Best Editing (Morten Giese)
Best Make-Up (Elisabeth Bukkehave)
Best Screenplay (Nikolaj Scherfig)
Best Sound (Morten Degnbol and Stig Sparre-Ulrich)