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The Flight of the Eagle

70% | Aug 26, 1982 | 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

Cast

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Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
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Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
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Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
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Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
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Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder

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