The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
Gênero : Aventura, Drama
Runtime : 2H 20M
Director : Jan Troell
Escritor : Klaus Rifbjerg, Ian Rakoff, Jan Troell, Georg Oddner
Sinopse
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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