The Flight of the Eagle
1982
140 min
⭐ 7.0/10
26 votes
Overview
The Swedish 19th century engineer Salomon August Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His idea is to launch a polar expedition using a hydrogen balloon, together with two friends. The balloon, "The Eagle", takes off from Svalbard in 1897, but the three men are never heard from again.
Genres
Drama
Adventure
Production Countries
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden
Spoken Languages
- French fr
- German de
- Swedish sv
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Cast
Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg
Vilhelm Svedenborg
Ulla Sjöblom
Andrée's Sister
Mimi Pollak
Mina Andrée
Siv Ericks
Mrs. Assarsson
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Lundström
Crew
Jan Troell
Director
Jörn Donner
Producer
Klaus Rifbjerg
Screenplay
Ian Rakoff
Screenplay
Jan Troell
Screenplay
Georg Oddner
Screenplay
Göran Setterberg
Executive Producer
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