Film
The Flight of the Eagle
1982Directed by Jan Troell
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- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
About The Flight of the Eagle
- Drama
- Adventure
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Jan Troell
- Writers
- Paul Davids
- Klaus Rifbjerg
- Ian Rakoff
- Jan Troell
- Georg Oddner
- Per Olof Sundman
- Original title
- Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
