The Flight of the Eagle
70 %|Aug 26, 1982|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 not heard of again.
Featured Crew
Jörn Donner
Producer
Jan Troell
Director of Photography
Jan Troell
Director
Henrik von Sydow
Art Department Assistant
Palle Mikkelborg
Conductor
Georg Oddner
Editorial Consultant
Ove Alström
Still Photographer
Nils Strindberg
Still Photographer
Cast
Max von Sydow
Salomon August Andrée
Göran Stangertz
Nils Strindberg
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Knut Frænkel
Clément Harari
Henri Lachambre
Eva von Hanno
Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson
Anna Charlier
Jan-Olof Strandberg
Dr. Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg
Vilhelm Svedenborg
Ulla Sjöblom
Andrée's Sister
Mimi Pollak
Mina Andrée
Siv Ericks
Mrs. Assarsson
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Lundström
Ingvar Kjellson
Alfred Nobel
Bruno Sörwing
King Oscar II of Sweden
Åke Wihlney
The Captain
Berto Marklund
The Ship's Doctor
Knut Husebø
Fridtjof Nansen
Allan Schulman
Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
Staffan Liljander
The Inventor
Lasse Pöysti
Photographer
Peter Schildt
Andrée's Clerk
Henrik Schildt
Nils Linder
Mårten Larsson
chairman
Sture Hovstadius
journalist
Olle Grönstedt
journalist
Angelica Lundqvist
girl with the eyes
Jakob Setterberg
Andrée (child)
Per Olof Ultvedt
sculptor
Botvid Kihlman
officer 1
Ulf Ståbi
officer 2
Seve Ungermark
journalist
Charlotte Lewenhaupt
ice bear
Carina Reich
ice bear
Charlotte Assarsson
dancer
Ann-Charlotte Bengtsson
dancer
Cecilia Eliasson
dancer
My Holmsten
dancer
Carina Jarlemark-Borg
dancer
Marga Pettersson
dancer
Susie Sulocki
dancer
Annika Listén
dancer