The Flight of the Eagle

Name: The Flight of the Eagle
Director: Jan Troell
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Released: 1982-08-26
Duration: 8400000 s
Cast: Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal

Directed by Jan Troell

1982 2h 20mAdventure, Biography,

7.275%

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.