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    The Flight of the Eagle

    The Flight of the Eagle

    "An insane dream to make the impossible possible."

    1982

    2:20:35

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    The Flight of the Eagle

    Genre

    Drama
    Adventure

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Jan Troell

    Writers

    Paul Davids, Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner,

    Stars

    Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Clément Harari, Eva von Hanno,