DramaAdventure
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.
Directed by Jan Troell, Göran Setterberg
70
User score
30 votes
Status
Released
Released
August 26, 1982
Runtime
2h 20m
Language
German, French, Swedish
Top cast
Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg
Vilhelm Svedenborg
Ulla Sjöblom
Andrée's Sister
Mimi Pollak
Mina Andrée
Siv Ericks
Mrs. Assarsson
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Lundström
Ingvar Kjellson
Alfred Nobel
Bruno Sörwing
King Oscar II of Sweden
Åke Wihlney
The Captain
Berto Marklund
The Ship's Doctor
Knut Husebø
Fridtjof Nansen
Allan Schulman
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Staffan Liljander
The Inventor
Lasse Pöysti
Photographer
