The Flight of the Eagle
1NomDirected by Jan Troell
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 26 August 1982
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Director
- Jan Troell
- Writers
- Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner
- Countries
- Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Languages
- German, French, Swedish
- Production
- Svenska Filminstitutet, Bold Productions, SVT, SF Studios, Norsk Film, Adnorsk, Polyphon
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Cast
Max von Sydow
Göran Stangertz
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Clément Harari
Eva von Hanno- CCharlotta Larsson
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Henric Holmberg
Ulla Sjöblom
Mimi Pollak