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.| Original Title: | Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd |
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| Status: | Released (1982-08-26) |
| Awards: | Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell |
| Productions: | Svenska Filminstitutet, Bold Productions, SVT, SF Studios, Norsk Film, Adnorsk, Polyphon |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Norway, Sweden |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, Français, svenska |
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- 27014: Jan Troell - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1998094: Henrik von Sydow - Art Department Assistant - Art
- 1641773: Staffan Hedqvist - Production Manager - Production
- 1026105: Ulf Axén - Art Direction - Art
- 1335561: Georg Oddner - Editorial Consultant - Editing
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The start of this reminded me of one of my Disney favourites - "The Island at the Top of the World" (1974) as renowned Swedish engineer Salomon Andrée (Max Von Sydow) concludes that he can build a balloon to traverse the Arctic ice to drop a buoy onto the North Pole - and beat the No ....
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