The Flight of the Eagle
1982 · Movie · 145 min. · Sweden
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. 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 not heard of again.
Direction Jan Troell
Cast Max von Sydow · Sverre Anker Ousdal · Goran Stangertz · Eva von Hanno · Charlotta Larsson · Clément Harari · Cornelis Vreeswijk · Jan-Olof Strandberg · Henric Holmberg · Mimi Pollak
Soundtrack Carl-Axel Dominique · Hans-Erik Philip
Screenplay Georg Oddner · Ian Rakoff · Klaus Rifbjerg · Jan Troell · Per Olof Sundman
Cinematography Jan Troell
Original title Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (The Flight of the Eagle)
6.2
67 votes (FilmAffinity)
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