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.
| Directing | Jan Troell | Director |
| Production | Jörn Donner | Producer |
| Camera | Jan Troell | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Lisbeth Zachrisson | Choreographer |
| Writing | Klaus Rifbjerg | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ian Rakoff | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jan Troell | Screenplay |
| Writing | Georg Oddner | Screenplay |
| Writing | Per Olof Sundman | Novel |
| Production | Göran Setterberg | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Carl-Axel Dominique | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Hans-Erik Philip | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Jan Troell | Editor |
| Art | Ulf Axén | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tin Andersén | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Siw Jærbyn | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lissy Jansson | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Rizell | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Göran Carmback | Sound |
| Sound | Berndt Frithiof | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Håkan Lindberg | Sound |
| Sound | Stefan Ljungberg | Sound |
| Sound | Lars C. Lundberg | Sound |
| Sound | Lasse Summanen | Sound |
| Sound | Jacob Trier | Sound |
| Sound | Leif Westerlund | Sound |
| Art | Henrik von Sydow | Art Department Assistant |
