The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
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.
- Released
- 1982-08-26
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Jan Troell, Ian Rakoff, Georg Oddner, Klaus Rifbjerg
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 31 votes
Cast
- Max von Sydow as Salomon August Andrée
- Göran Stangertz as Nils Strindberg
- Sverre Anker Ousdal as Knut Frænkel
- Clément Harari as Henri Lachambre
- Eva von Hanno as Gurli Linder
- Charlotta Larsson as Anna Charlier
- Jan-Olof Strandberg as Dr. Nils Ekholm
- Henric Holmberg as Vilhelm Svedenborg
- Ulla Sjöblom as Andrée's Sister
- Mimi Pollak as Mina Andrée
- Siv Ericks as Mrs. Assarsson
- Cornelis Vreeswijk as Lundström