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The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

Jan Troell

1982

  • Drama
  • Adventure
7.0

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

  • Jan TroellDirector
  • 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

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