The Flight of the Eagle

Year: 1982

Runtime: 140 mins

Language: Swedish

Director: Jan Troell

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Driven by an audacious vision to achieve the impossible, Swedish engineer Salomon August Andrée embarks on a quest to become the first to reach the North Pole. In 1897 he launches the hydrogen‑filled balloon “The Eagle” from Svalbard, accompanied by two compatriots. The expedition vanishes, and the three men are never heard from again.

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