Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (The Flight of the Eagle) (1982)
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Based on the novel by Per Olaf Sundman, Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (Flight of the Eagle) tells the real-life story of a Swedish engineer's attempted expedition to the North Pole in a hot air balloon. Jan Troell directs this over two-hour adventure drama set in 1897. Max Von Sydow stars as Salomon… More Based on the novel by Per Olaf Sundman, Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (Flight of the Eagle) tells the real-life story of a Swedish engineer's attempted expedition to the North Pole in a hot air balloon. Jan Troell directs this over two-hour adventure drama set in 1897. Max Von Sydow stars as Salomon August Andrée, the engineer who leads the tragic journey in a balloon called The Ornen (The Eagle). He is accompanied by explorers Nils Strindberg (Goran Stangertz) and Knut Fraenkel (Sverre Anker Ousdal). Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in the 1983 Academy Awards. Using his experiences making this film, Troell went on to make the hour-long documentary En Frusen Drom (Their Frozen Dream) in 1998 with archival information from the remains of the expedition found in 1930 on an island near the North Pole. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Jan Troell
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Art House & International
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Aug 26, 1982 Wide
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Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com
Jan Troell's historical tale was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.
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Cast
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Max von Sydow
as S. A. Andree
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Göran Stangertz
as Nils Strindberg
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Sverre Anker Ousdal
as Knut Fraenkel
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Clément Harari
as Lachambre
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Eva von Hanno
as Guril Linder
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Mimi Pollak
as Andree's mother
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Ingvar Kjellson
as Alfred Nobel
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Knut Husebø
as Nansen
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Ulla Sjöblom
as Andree's Sister
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Ake Whilney
as The Captain
