The Flight of the Eagle

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Georg Oddner · Jan-Olof Strandberg · Ulla Sjöblom · Ian Rakoff · Sverre Anker Ousdal · Charlotta Larsson · Jan Troell · Göran Stangertz · Eva von Hanno · Klaus Rifbjerg · Max von Sydow · Mimi Pollak · Henric Holmberg · Clément Harari · Per Olof Sundman

Studios & networks

Adnorsk · Bold Productions · Norsk Film · Polyphon · SF Studios · Svenska Filminstitutet · SVT