The Flight of the Eagle

Name: The Flight of the Eagle
Director: Jan Troell
Genre: Adventure, Drama
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

“An insane dream to make the impossible possible.”

1982

2h 20m

Adventure Drama

Director: Jan Troell

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.