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The Flight of the Eagle

An insane dream to make the impossible possible.

7.0(31)19822h 20m2

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.

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Released
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Language
German
  • sweden
  • hot air balloon
  • biography
  • north pole
  • explorer
  • polar exploration
  • 19th century

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Director

Jan Troell

Produced in

Germany, Norway, Sweden

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Release dates

  • NorwayNO

    • Theatrical1229 Oct 1982
  • RomaniaRO

    • Theatrical1526 Aug 1982
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical26 Aug 1982

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The Flight of the Eagle was released on 26 August 1982.

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    CinemaSerf

    8/1/2026

    7/10

    The start of this reminded me of one of my Disney favourites - "The Island at the Top of the World" (1974) as renowned Swedish engineer Salomon Andrée (Max Von Sydow) concludes that he can build a balloon to traverse the Arctic ice to drop a buoy onto the North Pole - and beat the Norwegians to the title, too! Of course there's a fair degree of scepticism from the scientific community and he is going to have raise an…

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