

On Wings of Eagles
Eric Liddell - China's first gold medalist and one of Scotland's greatest athletes - returns to war-torn China.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12M
- Box office
- $155.1K
- Language
- English
- sports
- prisoner of war
- based on true story
- japanese occupation of china
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China, Hong Kong, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Digital / OTT3 Nov 2017
United KingdomGB
- Physical12DVD19 Mar 2018
AustraliaAU
- PhysicalMhttps://www.classification.gov.au/titles/wings-eagles2 Mar 2018
BrazilBR
- Theatrical163 Nov 2017
ChinaCN
- Theatrical2 Jul 2016
FranceFR
- Digital / OTT21 Jun 2018
GermanyDE
- Physical1224 May 2018
Hong KongHK
- Premiere12 Jun 2016
- Theatrical17 Jun 2016
ItalyIT
- TheatricalT25 Apr 2018
JapanJP
- Digital / OTTG14 Jul 2018
MacaoMO
- Theatrical17 Jun 2016
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT1215 Dec 2017
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On Wings of Eagles was released on 17 June 2016.
Audience reviews
1- C5/10
CinemaSerf
9/3/2022
This film picks up where "Chariots of Fire" (1981) leaves off with the Olympic champion Eric Liddell (Joseph Fiennes) now a missionary in the land of his birth - now war-torn - China. When the Japanese invade, he is initially fêted - well fed and looked after, but that is all part of the ultimate game of humiliation as he is basically being groomed for a race against "Xu Niu" (Shawn Dou). This is quite an interesting…
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