The Flight of the Eagle
An insane dream to make the impossible possible.
- Release Date
- 1982-08-26
- Runtime
- 2h 20m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
Overview
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.