The Flight of the Eagle
Directed by Jan TroellThe 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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The Flight of the Eagle was released on August 26, 1982.
The Flight of the Eagle was directed by Jan Troell.
The Flight of the Eagle has a runtime of 2h 20m.
The Flight of the Eagle was produced by Jörn Donner.
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.
The key characters in The Flight of the Eagle are Salomon August Andrée (Max von Sydow), Nils Strindberg (Göran Stangertz), Knut Frænkel (Sverre Anker Ousdal).
The Flight of the Eagle is an Adventure, Biography, Drama film.
The Flight of the Eagle has an audience rating of 7.5 out of 10.