The Flight of the Eagle
An insane dream to make the impossible possible.
1982-08-26 | 140 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Max von SydowSalomon August Andrée
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Göran StangertzNils Strindberg
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Sverre Anker OusdalKnut Frænkel
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Clément HarariHenri Lachambre
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Eva von HannoGurli Linder
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Jan-Olof StrandbergDr. Nils Ekholm
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Henric HolmbergVilhelm Svedenborg
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Ulla SjöblomAndrée's Sister
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Mimi PollakMina Andrée
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Siv EricksMrs. Assarsson
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Cornelis VreeswijkLundström
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Ingvar KjellsonAlfred Nobel
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Knut HusebøFridtjof Nansen