The Eagle and the Iron Cross

Film rights to The Eagle and the Iron Cross are owned by Horizon Pictures, famed film producer Sam Spiegel's production company, now folded into Columbia Pictures/Sony. Mr. Spiegel produced The Bridge On the River Kwai and Lawrence of Arabia, among many other well-known films.

The Eagle and the Iron Cross opens in a WW II prisoner-of-war camp. It centers upon a fierce struggle -- a battle both physical and moral -- waged by two young escapees against a foe at once relentless and sadistic. I...