The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
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.
Release: 1982-08-26
Runtime: 140 min
Rating: 7 / 10
Cast
Max von Sydow
Göran Stangertz
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Clément Harari
Eva von Hanno
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Charlotta Larsson
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Henric Holmberg
Ulla Sjöblom
Mimi Pollak
Siv Ericks
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Ingvar Kjellson
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Bruno Sörwing
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Åke Wihlney
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Berto Marklund
Knut Husebø
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Allan Schulman