Although it all ends up in a bloodshed, the film is brilliant in terms of casting, screenplay and the authenticity in directing it.
With Nazi Germany on the verge of defeat; hopelessly attempting to turn the tides of the war by abducting or assassinating Winston Churchill, we are engulfed by a devilish scheme laid down by the one-eyed Nazi officer, the genius Robert Duvall, from one side and with the romantic love story between the Irish traitor, Donald Sutherland, and the teenager silly girl, Jenny Agutter.
The stream of events flow in an exciting unfortunate consequences as the noble Nazi commandant, Michael Caine, and his men fight and die trying to succeed in their doomed plan.
The subtle English countryside and the undercover plan keeps the audience on their toes from the moment the Nazi soldiers set foot on England till the Nazi commander dies believing that he had successfully assassinated Churchill.
The film is viewed from a pure humane angle that doesn't stain the Germans or stereotype them in a Hollywood-ian style but rather shows the possibility of finding honest and noble men and women, yet also finding others who may be vicious and cruel on either sides of the bloody World War.