The Flight of the Eagle
An insane dream to make the impossible possible.
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.
DramaAdventure
Release: 1982-08-26Runtime: 140 minRating: 7 (28)
Cast
Crew
Jan Troell
Director
Jörn Donner
Producer
Jan Troell
Director of Photography
Henrik von Sydow
Art Department Assistant
Staffan Hedqvist
Production Manager
Ulf Axén
Art Direction
Georg Oddner
Editorial Consultant
Kerstin Sundberg
Script Supervisor
Gunilla Algsjö
First Assistant Director
Göran Lindberg
First Assistant Director
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