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
Sverre Anker Ousdal
as Knut Frænkel
Mimi Pollak
as Mina Andrée
Siv Ericks
as Mrs. Assarsson
Ingvar Kjellson
as Alfred Nobel
Peter Schildt
as Andrée's Clerk
Cornelis Vreeswijk
as Lundström
Clément Harari
as Henri Lachambre
Jakob Setterberg
as Andrée (child)
Per Olof Ultvedt
as sculptor
My Holmsten
as dancer
Ulla Sjöblom
as Andrée's Sister
Knut Husebø
as Fridtjof Nansen
Henrik Schildt
as Nils Linder
Göran Stangertz
as Nils Strindberg
Max von Sydow
as Salomon August Andrée
Eva von Hanno
as Gurli Linder
Henric Holmberg
as Vilhelm Svedenborg
Jan-Olof Strandberg
as Dr. Nils Ekholm
Bruno Balp
