DramaAdventure
The Flight of the Eagle
"An insane dream to make the impossible possible."
User Score26 votes
70%7.0/10
Release1982→
Runtime2H 20M
LanguageFrench
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8
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
Media5
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Director
Jan Troell
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Keywords
swedenhot air balloonbiographynorth poleexplorerpolar exploration19th century
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Countries:GermanyNorwaySweden
Production:Svenska FilminstitutetBold ProductionsSVTSF StudiosNorsk FilmAdnorskPolyphon