A Frozen Dream (1997)

Original title

En frusen dröm

Directed by

Jan Troell

Genre

documentary film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 01m

Rated

7

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary revisits a failed 1897 attempt to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon. It shows the expedition through archival footage and narration, focusing on the men involved and the harsh conditions they faced.

documentaryhistoricalbleakslow-burncontemplativeatmosphericsoberingvisually stark

What happens

A Frozen Dream (En frusen dröm) is a documentary film released in 1997 as a follow-up to the 1982 Swedish movie Flight of the Eagle, both directed by Jan Troell. The documentary describes the ill-fated attempt to fly over the North Pole in a hydrogen balloon by Salomon August Andrée in 1897. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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