The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

An insane dream to make the impossible possible.

7.0 /10 (29 votes) · 1982 · 2h 20m · German

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.

Status
Released
Release Date
1982-08-26
Director
Jan Troell
Writers
Ian Rakoff, Georg Oddner, Klaus Rifbjerg
Producers
Jörn Donner, Göran Setterberg
Studios
Svenska Filminstitutet, Bold Productions, SVT, SF Studios

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