The Flight of the Eagle

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Max von SydowSalomon August Andrée

Göran StangertzNils Strindberg

Sverre Anker OusdalKnut Frænkel

Clément HarariHenri Lachambre

Eva von HannoGurli Linder

Charlotta Larsson

Charlotta LarssonAnna Charlier

Jan-Olof StrandbergDr. Nils Ekholm

Henric HolmbergVilhelm Svedenborg

Ulla SjöblomAndrée's Sister

Mimi PollakMina Andrée

Siv EricksMrs. Assarsson

Cornelis VreeswijkLundström