The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

7 | 1982-08-26 | Drama Adventure

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.

Featured Crew

Jan Troell Director
Jörn Donner Producer
Jan Troell Director of Photography
Henrik von Sydow Art Department Assistant
Staffan Hedqvist Production Manager
Ulf Axén Art Direction
Georg Oddner Editorial Consultant
Kerstin Sundberg Script Supervisor
Gunilla Algsjö First Assistant Director
Göran Lindberg First Assistant Director

Cast

Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson
Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg
Henric Holmberg
Vilhelm Svedenborg
Ulla Sjöblom
Ulla Sjöblom
Andrée's Sister
Mimi Pollak
Mimi Pollak
Mina Andrée

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