The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

  • 12
  • 10/29/1982 (NO)
  • Drama, Adventure
  • 2h 20m

An insane dream to make the impossible possible.

Overview

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 not heard of again.

Jan Troell

Director, Screenplay

Klaus Rifbjerg

Screenplay

Ian Rakoff

Screenplay

Georg Oddner

Screenplay

Per Olof Sundman

Novel

Cast

Max von Sydow's headshot

Max von Sydow

Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz's headshot

Göran Stangertz

Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal's headshot

Sverre Anker Ousdal

Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari's headshot

Clément Harari

Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno's headshot

Eva von Hanno

Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson's headshot

Charlotta Larsson

Anna Charlier
Jan-Olof Strandberg's headshot

Jan-Olof Strandberg

Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg's headshot

Henric Holmberg

Vilhelm Svedenborg

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