The Flight of the Eagle (1982)

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Country: Norway, Sweden, West Germany
Genres: Adventure, Biography, Drama
Release: 1982-08-26
Director: Jan Troell
Writers: Klaus Rifbjerg , Ian Rakoff , Jan Troell , Georg Oddner
Language: Danish | Swedish | French | English
Stars: Max von Sydow (I) , Sverre Anker Ousdal , Göran Stangertz , Eva von Hanno , Charlotta Larsson , Clément Harari , Cornelis Vreeswijk , Jan-Olof Strandberg , Henric Holmberg , Mimi Pollak
Runtime: 140 min
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total
AKA: A Sas utolsó repülése (Hungary) , The Flight of the Eagle (United Kingdom) , Полет Орла , The Flight of the Eagle (United States of America) , Le vol de l'aigle (France, French Republic) , El vuelo del águila (Spain) , Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (Sweden) , Zborul acvilei (Romania) , Ingeniør Andrées luftferd (Norway) , Der Flug des Adlers , Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd , Flight of the Eagle (Canada) , Il volo dell'aquila (Italy) , The Flight of the Eagle , El vuelo del águila (Argentina) , El vuelo del aguila (Uruguay, Eastern Republic of) , Lot orła (Poland) , Den umulige drøm (Denmark) , Kotkan lento (Finland) , O Voo da Águia (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Flight of the Eagle (Australia)
Plot: The Swedish 19th century engineer S. A. 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.
IMDB:tt0084136