The Flight of the Eagle

2h 20min

Drama

Adventure

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.

Production Companies

Svenska Filminstitutet

Bold Productions

SVT

SF Studios

Norsk Film

Adnorsk

Polyphon

Release date

26th Aug 1982

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français, Deutsch, svenska