The Flight of the Eagle

Name: The Flight of the Eagle
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Released: 1982
Duration: 140 min
Cast: Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Clément Harari, Eva von Hanno

1982

2h 20min

Adventure

Drama

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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.