This coming March sees the release of Wings of Eagles, which continues the remarkable true story of Eric Liddell’s life after he wins Olympic gold in the 1924 Paris Olympics, as portrayed in the British classic Chariots of Fire. Check out the poster, trailer and synopsis here courtesy of Signature Entertainment…
As the Japanese invade China on the outbreak of WWll, Eric Liddell (Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare in Love, The Handmaid’s Tale) – China’s first gold medallist and one of Scotland’s greatest athletes – returns to war-torn China with his family as a missionary.
Despite experiencing many years of successful and fulfilling work as a teacher, the threat of war continues to loom, and as the occupying Imperial Japanese forces tighten their oppressive grip, Liddell decides to send his family home, while he stays behind. Eric and the other foreign nationals are quickly taken as prisoners and placed in one of the many Japanese internment camps where Eric must continue to spread his message of hope to survive…
Wings of Eagles is set for release on Digital HD on March 12th 2018 and on DVD on March 19th 2018.
Originally published December 19, 2017. Updated December 18, 2017.
