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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> Jan Troell (Director)
> Jan Troell (Director of Photography)
> Gunilla Algsjö (First Assistant Director)
> Johan Thorén (First Assistant Director)
> Göran Lindberg (First Assistant Director)
> Gunilla Allard (Assistant Art Director)
> Paul Davids (Story Consultant)
> Ian Rakoff (Screenplay)
> Klaus Rifbjerg (Screenplay)
> Jan Troell (Screenplay)
> Per Olof Sundman (Novel)
> Georg Oddner (Screenplay)