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Director:
Writers:
Georg Oddner (writer)
Ian Rakoff (writer)
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Release Date:
26 August 1982 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
En film av Jan Troell fritt efter Per Olof Sundmans roman.
Plot:
The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. Andrée sets out to become the first man on the north pole. His... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win more
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one of the two most extraordinary movies of Man's relationship to "space (area)." more (1 total)

Cast

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Max von Sydow ... Salomon August Andrée
Sverre Anker Ousdal ... Knut Fraenkel
Göran Stangertz ... Nils Strindberg
Eva von Hanno ... Gurli Linder
Charlotta Larsson ... Anna Charlier (as Lotta Larsson)
Clément Harari ... Lachambre
Cornelis Vreeswijk ... Lundström
Jan-Olof Strandberg ... Nils Ekholm
Henric Holmberg ... Svedenborg
Mimi Pollak ... Mina Andree
Siv Ericks ... Mrs. Assarsson
Ulla Sjöblom ... Andree's Sister
Knut Husebø ... Nansen
Peter Schildt ... Andrée's clerk
Ingvar Kjellson ... Alfred Nobel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Der Flug des Adlers (West Germany) (TV title)
Flight of the Eagle (Australia)
Ingeniør Anrées luftferd (Norway)
The Flight of the Eagle
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Runtime:
145 min
Color:
Color (Fujicolor)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The lift-off of the balloon is the most large-scale exterior shoot ever in Swedish cinematography. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in En frusen dröm (1997) more

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one of the two most extraordinary movies of Man's relationship to "space (area).", 5 December 1999
Author: boywonder_4 from Norther Virginia, U.S.

Seen in America as "The Flight of the Eagle," this is one of the two most extraordinary movies of Man's relationship to "space (area)." Where "Das Boot" best captured a world of confined spaces, this movie dramatically arrests the viewer in an terrifying environment of "too much space." Beginning as a beautiful period-piece, this story follows our three adventurers as they pitch and win the argument, to be the first humans to reach the North Pole. As an accomplished balloonist, Max Von Sydow as the real life Swedish Engineer, S. A. Andrée, meets and collects two hardy companions and embarks the `great adventure' via what else ? …a balloon! The film brilliantly captures the three travelers' descent from excitement into stark realization that `blueprints' do not always describe reality. The remainder of the film which runs about 3 hours, is an incredible story of how intellect, will always be limited against the harsh reality of God. Tremendous performances by Von Sydow and company, and significantly inter-cut with actual photos from the expedition, this movie won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. One of the most psychologically-terrifying, emotional films (and a true story), this is a must see for fans of great film-making.

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