The Flight of the Eagle
1982 · TMDB 7.0 · Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
Directed by Jan Troell
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.
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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.
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- Runtime
- 140 min
- Released
- 1982-08-26
- Studio
- Svenska Filminstitutet
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- TMDB score
- 7.0
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Key contributors
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Jan Troell
Director
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Ian Rakoff
Writer
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Klaus Rifbjerg
Writer
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Georg Oddner
Writer
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Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
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Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
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Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
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Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
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Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
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Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier
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Jan-Olof Strandberg
Dr. Nils Ekholm
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Henric Holmberg
Vilhelm Svedenborg