The Flight of the Eagle
Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
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 not heard of again.
- Director: Jan Troell
- Genre: Adventure, Drama
- Actors: Charlotta Larsson, Clément Harari, Eva von Hanno, Göran Stangertz, Henric Holmberg, Jan-Olof Strandberg, Max von Sydow, Mimi Pollak, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Ulla Sjöblom
