The Flight of the Eagle
An insane dream to make the impossible possible.
★★★★★
German / 140 MIN. / 1982
The Genres
The Synopsis
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.
The Cast
