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.

• Svenska Filminstitutet
• Bold Productions
• Max von Sydow
• Göran Stangertz
• Sverre Anker Ousdal
• Clément Harari
• Eva von Hanno
• Charlotta Larsson
• Jan-Olof Strandberg
• Henric Holmberg