The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
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.
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.sweden, tmdb.hot-air-balloon, tmdb.biography, tmdb.north-pole, tmdb.explorer, tmdb.polar-exploration, tmdb.19th-century + 36 more, imdb.svalbard, imdb.hydrogen-balloon, imdb.spitsbergen, imdb.carrier-pigeon, imdb.based-on-novel, imdb.character-name-in-title, imdb.rope, imdb.house-of-cards, imdb.period-drama, imdb.polar, imdb.19th-century, imdb.expedition, imdb.north-pole, imdb.survival, imdb.polar-exploration, imdb.polar-bear, imdb.island, imdb.exploration, imdb.nature, imdb.man-against-nature, imdb.flying, imdb.challenge, imdb.airship, imdb.weather, imdb.ice, imdb.1890s, imdb.explorer, imdb.arctic, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.eastern-europe, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.cat, awards.oscar-nominated, aspectratio.1-66-1, imdb.docudrama-drama, imdb.snow-adventure
Production Companies: Svenska Filminstitutet, Bold Productions, SVT, Norsk Film, Adnorsk + 2 more, Polyphon, Svensk Filmindustri
Country: Sweden
Production Countries:
Germany,
Norway,
Sweden
Languages:
German,
Swedish,
French
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