The Flight of the Eagle 1982

The Flight of the Eagle

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Drama Adventure

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.

Top Billed 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

Release Date 1982-08-26
Runtime 2h 20m
Directors Jan Troell, Jan Troell
Producers Jörn Donner, Göran Setterberg
Writers Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner, Per Olof Sundman