The Flight of the Eagle

Directed by Jan Troell
August 26, 1982    2h 20mAdventure, Biography,
7.275%7.0
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. 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.

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  • Max von SydowSalomon August Andrée
  • Göran StangertzNils Strindberg
  • Sverre Anker OusdalKnut Frænkel
  • Clément HarariHenri Lachambre
  • Eva von HannoGurli Linder
  • Charlotta LarssonAnna Charlier
  • Jan-Olof StrandbergDr. Nils Ekholm
  • Henric HolmbergVilhelm Svedenborg
  • Ulla SjöblomAndrée's Sister
  • Mimi PollakMina Andrée
  • Siv EricksMrs. Assarsson
  • Cornelis VreeswijkLundström
  • Ingvar KjellsonAlfred Nobel
  • Bruno SörwingKing Oscar II of Sweden
  • Åke WihlneyThe Captain
  • Berto MarklundThe Ship's Doctor
  • Knut HusebøFridtjof Nansen
  • Allan SchulmanAdolf Erik Nordenskiöld
  • Staffan LiljanderThe Inventor
  • Lasse PöystiPhotographer

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