The Flight of the Eagle
- Adventure
- Drama
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.
- Directed by
- Jan Troell
- Written by
- Ian Rakoff, Klaus Rifbjerg, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner
- Based on
- Per Olof Sundman
Cast
Max von Sydow- Göran Stangertz
- Sverre Anker Ousdal
- Clément Harari
- Eva von Hanno
- Charlotta Larsson
- Jan-Olof Strandberg
- Henric Holmberg
- Ulla Sjöblom
- Mimi Pollak
- Siv Ericks
- Cornelis Vreeswijk