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The Flight of the Eagle

Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982)

Drama, Action, Documentary, Adventure, Biographical | Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, West Germany

Director: Jan Troell

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Rating: 7.2/10

SYNOPSIS

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.

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