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 not heard of again.
CAST & CREW
- Max von Sydow
- Göran Stangertz
- Sverre Anker Ousdal
- Clément Harari
- Eva von Hanno
Cast
- Jörn Donner
- Jan Troell
- Henrik von Sydow
- Gunilla Algsjö
Directors
INFORMATION
- Svenska Filminstitutet
- Bold Productions
- SVT
- SF Studios
- Norsk Film
- Adnorsk
- Polyphon
Production Companies
- Germany
- Norway
- Sweden
Production Countries
LANGUAGES
- German
- French
- Swedish
