The Flight of the Eagle (1982) on Netflix
NR19822h 20mAdventureBiographyDrama
Salomon August Andrée, a Swedish engineer, means to reach the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. After his 1896 attempt is abandoned, he plans a second with Knut Frænkel and Nils Strindberg.
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Plot summary
Salomon August Andrée, a Swedish engineer of the nineteenth century, intends to become the first man at the North Pole and to get there by hydrogen balloon. His attempt of August 1896 is given up, and he goes home to Stockholm to arrange a new one for the next year. The failure brings criticism from scientific and public circles, expressed openly by the expedition member Nils Ekholm. Andrée answers the doubters and drives his plans ahead, and Knut Frænkel replaces Ekholm. The balloon undergoes inspection in the Paris workshop of Henri Lachambre, and Nils Strindberg, the third of the party, becomes engaged to Anna Charlier. In the summer of 1897 the three men leave again for Spitsbergen.
Cast
- Charlotta Larssonas Anna Charlier
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Jan Troell's film Bang! was chosen for the 1977 Cannes Film Festival, where the Flight of the Eagle team hoped to attract investors, but Bang! was poorly received and the project was shelved. Troell instead directed Hurricane in the U.S., a job offered him after Roman Polanski fled to avoid sentencing.
- Financing Flight of the Eagle was difficult, not least because it coincided with the making of Fanny and Alexander, at the time the most expensive Swedish film ever made.
