The Flight of the Eagle

The Flight of the Eagle

An insane dream to make the impossible possible.

1982140 min7.0 / 10

A historical drama about three men's doomed attempt to reach the North Pole by hydrogen balloon, balancing ambition and camaraderie against the certainty of their fate.

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.

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