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Flight of the Eagle is a Swedish biographical drama film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 26 August 1982, directed by Jan Troell, based on Per Olof Sundman's 1967 novelization of the true story of S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897, an ill-fated effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. The film stars Max von Sydow as S.A. Andrée, Sverre Anker Ousdal as Knut Frænkel and Göran Stangertz as Nils Strindberg. Dutch-Swedish songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk plays the role of the journalist Lundström.
Original Release
08/26/1982
US Release
04/08/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | S.A. Andrée / Salomon August Andrée |
Sverre Anker Ousdal | Knut Fraenkel / Knut Frænkel |
Göran Stangertz | Nils Strindberg |
Eva von Hanno | Gurli Linder |
Charlotta Larsson | Anna Charlier |
Clément Harari | Lachambre / Henri Lachambre |
Cornelis Vreeswijk | Lundström |
Jan-Olof Strandberg | Nils Ekholm / Dr. Nils Ekholm |
Henric Holmberg | Svedenborg / Vilhelm Svedenborg |
Mimi Pollak | Mina Andrée |
Directors
Writers
Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner, Per Olof Sundman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Max von Sydow | S.A. Andrée / Salomon August Andrée |
Sverre Anker Ousdal | Knut Fraenkel / Knut Frænkel |
Göran Stangertz | Nils Strindberg |
Eva von Hanno | Gurli Linder |
Charlotta Larsson | Anna Charlier |
Clément Harari | Lachambre / Henri Lachambre |
Cornelis Vreeswijk | Lundström |
Jan-Olof Strandberg | Nils Ekholm / Dr. Nils Ekholm |
Henric Holmberg | Svedenborg / Vilhelm Svedenborg |
Mimi Pollak | Mina Andrée |
Siv Ericks | Mrs. Assarsson |
Ulla Sjöblom | Andrée's Sister |
Knut Husebo | Fridtjof Nansen |
Peter Schildt | Andrée's Clerk |
Ingvar Kjellson | Alfred Nobel |
Lasse Pöysti | Photographer |
Bruno Balp | |
Åke Whilney | The Captain |
Berto Marklund | The Ship's Doctor |
Staffan Liljander | The Inventor |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Göran Setterberg | Executive Producer |
Jörn Donner | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1983 | Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |