The Flight of the Eagle

Name: The Flight of the Eagle
Director: Jan Troell
Genre: Drama, Adventure
Released: 1982-08-26
Duration: 2 h 20 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Clément Harari, Eva von Hanno

Directed by Jan Troell

Drama

Adventure

19822h 20m7.0

Overview

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 never heard from again.