Engineer Andrée's flight

OSCAR NOMINATED BEST FOREIGN FILM After years of planning, the hydrogen balloon Örnen takes off from Spitsbergen on July 11, 1897. The goal for engineer Andrée and his men is to be the first to reach the North Pole and raise the Swedish flag where no man has ever set foot before. But difficulties loom large early on. The smallness of man becomes striking in the face of the mighty forces of nature and the expedition becomes a journey straight towards death, with Andrée as a commander driven by an insane dream of making the impossible possible. In 1982, Engineer Andrée's Flight was the most expensive film production in Swedish history. No money was spared to build exact copies of the real balloon and balloon house. Mile after mile was written about how the filming was affected by both hurricane winds and skyrocketing costs, but in the end we got an acclaimed blockbuster that many consider among the finest works of Swedish cinema . The film has been digitally restored in 2k from the film's original negative by the Swedish Film Institute. " IMPRESSIVE FILM BY A MASTER " DN "S THORSLAGE " Sydsvenskan " UNRECEIVED CHARITABLE LAND " GT BONUS MATERIAL • Commentary with Jan Troell and Bea Uusma, authors of Expeditionen: min kärlekshistoria, a book about the Andrée expedition. • A frozen dream, Troell's 1997 biographical documentary about the expedition (60 min). • Newly recorded interview film with Troell by Stefan Nylén (22 min). • Troell's own 8mm films from a reconnaissance trip to Spitsbergen in 1976 (20 min). • Recording report from SVT's Magasinet from 1981 (15 min). • Deleted scene (28 min). • Biotrailer. • Still image gallery. DOWNLOAD PRESS PHOTOS + PACKSHOT HERE: https://we.tl/t8Y2NjPaNa