The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle
1982
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
⏱️ 140 min
📅 Released
🌐 SV
DramaAdventure
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.

Cast

Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson
Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier

Crew

Director
Jan Troell
Writer
Ian Rakoff, Georg Oddner, Klaus Rifbjerg
Producer
Jörn Donner, Göran Setterberg

Production

Svenska Filminstitutet, Bold Productions, SVT, SF Studios, Norsk Film, Adnorsk, Polyphon

Keywords

swedenhot air balloonbiographynorth poleexplorerpolar exploration19th century