The Flight of the Eagle (Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd) 41 years old

The Flight of the Eagle

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.

Credits

The Flight of the Eagle Cast

Name Character
Max von Sydow He was 53, 90 years old when he died as Salomon August Andrée
Siv Ericks She was 64, 86 years old when she died as Landlady
Jan-Olof Strandberg He was 55, now 97 years old as Nils Ekholm
Sverre Anker Ousdal He was 38, now 79 years old as Knut Fraenkel
Henric Holmberg He was 36, now 78 years old as G.V.E. Svedenborg
Cornelis Vreeswijk He was 45, 50 years old when he died as Lundström
Ulla Sjöblom She was 55, 62 years old when she died as Andrée's sister
Lasse Pöysti He was 55, 92 years old when he died as Photographer
Göran Stangertz He was 38, 68 years old when he died as Nils Strindberg
Ingvar Kjellson He was 59, now 100 years old as Alfred Nobel
Mimi Pollak She was 79, 96 years old when she died as Mina Andrée

The Flight of the Eagle Crew

Name Department
Jörn Donner as Producer. He was 49 (86) years old when He died Production
Lisbeth Zachrisson as Choreographer. She was 34 (now 76) years old Crew
The Flight of the Eagle poster
The Flight of the Eagle (41 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, August 26, 1982
  • Runtime: 140 minutes