The Flight of the Eagle

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.

Country:

Germany,

Norway,

Sweden

Genre:

Drama,

Adventure

Duration:

140 minutes

Year:

1982

Director:

Jan Troell

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Company:

Svenska Filminstitutet,

Bold Productions,

SVT,

SF Studios,

Norsk Film,

Adnorsk,

Polyphon

Cast:

Salomon August Andrée

Nils Strindberg

Knut Frænkel

Henri Lachambre

Gurli Linder

Crew:

Producer

Director of Photography

Director

Art Department Assistant

Conductor