The Flight of the Eagle
Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
Release: 1982-08-26
·Runtime: 140m
·★ 7.0
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 Countries
Germany
Norway
Sweden
Production Companies
Svenska Filminstitutet
Bold Productions
SVT
SF Studios
Norsk Film
Adnorsk
Polyphon
Cast
Max von Sydow
as Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
as Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
as Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
as Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
as Gurli Linder
Jan-Olof Strandberg
as Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg
as Vilhelm Svedenborg
Ulla Sjöblom
as Andrée's Sister
Mimi Pollak
as Mina Andrée
Siv Ericks
as Mrs. Assarsson
Cornelis Vreeswijk
as Lundström
Ingvar Kjellson
as Alfred Nobel
Knut Husebø
as Fridtjof Nansen
Peter Schildt
as Andrée's Clerk
Henrik Schildt
as Nils Linder
Bruno Balp
Jakob Setterberg
as Andrée (child)
Per Olof Ultvedt
as sculptor
My Holmsten
as dancer
Crew
Jan Troell
Director
Jörn Donner
Producer
Jan Troell
Director of Photography
Ulf Axén
Art Direction
Ann Collenberg
Production Assistant
Lisbeth Zachrisson
Choreographer
Ulf Axén
Production Design
Carl-Axel Dominique
Original Music Composer
Jan Troell
Editor
Göran Carmback
Sound
Klaus Rifbjerg
Screenplay
Jan Troell
Screenplay