The Flight of the Eagle

• Cast: Max von Sydow, Göran Stangertz, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Clément Harari, Eva von Hanno
• Duration: 140 minutes
• Genre: Drama, Adventure
• Rating: 7/10
• Release Date: 1982-08-26

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.