The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
An insane dream to make the impossible possible.
140 min
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.
- Release date
- August 22, 1982
- Country of origin
- Norway, Sweden, Germany
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Cast
- Max von Sydow as S.A. Andrée
- Göran Stangertz as Nils Strindberg
- Sverre Anker Ousdal as Knut Fraenkel
- Clément Harari as Lachambre
- Eva von Hanno as Gurli Linder
- Charlotta Larsson as Anna Charlier
- Jan-Olof Strandberg as Nils Ekholm
- Henric Holmberg as 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
- Berto Marklund as The Ship's Doctor
- Knut Husebø as Fridtjof Nansen
- Lasse Pöysti as Photographer
- Peter Schildt as Andrée's Clerk
- Henrik Schildt as Nils Linder
- Bruno Balp
- Jakob Setterberg as Andrée (child)
Crew
- Jan Troell · Director
- Klaus Rifbjerg · Writer
- Ian Rakoff · Writer
- Jan Troell · Writer
- Georg Oddner · Writer
- Jörn Donner · Producer
- Carl-Axel Dominique · Composer
- Hans-Erik Philip · Composer
- Jan Troell · Cinematographer
- Jan Troell · Editor
- Ulf Axén · Production designer