The Flight of the Eagle
Venue
Address
Origin
Germany, Sweden, Norway
Original name
Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
Entry
CZK 80
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Length
145 min
Director
Jan Troell
Release
1982
Rating
73 %
Cast
Max von Sydow, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Peter Schildt, Bruno Balp, Clément Harari, Knut Husebø, Sture Hovstadius, Jakob Setterberg, Göran Stangertz, Henrik Schildt, Siv Ericks, Eva von Hanno, My Holmsten, Jan-Olof Strandberg, Ingvar Kjellson, Ulla Sjöblom
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. 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.