The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

140 mins | Drama, Adventure | Aug. 26, 1982

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.

The Flight of the Eagle

140 mins | Drama, Adventure | Aug. 26, 1982

The Flight of the Eagle
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Svensk Filmindustri, Norsk Film, Bold Productions, Polyphon, Adnorsk
Original title Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
Directors Jan Troell
Writers Per Olof Sundman, Georg Oddner, Ian Rakoff, Klaus Rifbjerg, Jan Troell

Cast

Max von Sydow

as Salomon August Andrée

Göran Stangertz

as Nils Strindberg

Sverre Anker Ousdal

as Knut Frænkel

Clément Harari

as Henri Lachambre

Eva von Hanno

as Gurli Linder

Charlotta Larsson

as Anna Charlier

Jan-Olof Strandberg

as Dr. Nils Ekholm

Henric Holmberg

as Vilhelm Svedenborg

Ulla Sjöblom

as Andrée's Sister

Mimi Pollak

as Mina Andrée

Siv Ericks

as Mrs. Assarsson

Cornelis Vreeswijk

as Lundström

Ingvar Kjellson

as Alfred Nobel

Bruno Sörwing

as King Oscar II of Sweden

Ake Wihlney

as The Captain

Berto Marklund

as The Ship's Doctor

Knut Husebø

as Fridtjof Nansen

Allan Schulman

as Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld

Staffan Liljander

as The Inventor

Lasse Pöysti

as Photographer

Peter Schildt

as Andrée's Clerk

Henrik Schildt

as Nils Linder