Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

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Director:Mads Brügger
Premiere:9. March 2019
Length:128 minutes
Genre:Document

Director: Mads Brügger

The tragic death of UN General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961 remains one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. Even today, there are many questions and conspiracy theories.

Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger and a Swedish private investigator follow the clues to try and solve a case that has baffled people for decades. Why did the plane carrying the world's highest ranking diplomat crash in Africa? Was it shot down? And if so, by whom? Was Hammarskjöld a victim of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union? Was he a thorn in the side of the former colonial powers due to his support for the newly independent African states? The search, which long led nowhere, suddenly uncovers crimes that are much more recent and much more terrifying. Or have the filmmakers themselves become victims of another conspiracy theory, this time their own?

Length: 128 min

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 9. March 2019
World premiere date: 26. January 2019

Country of origin:

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden

Director: Mads Brügger

The tragic death of UN General Secretary Dag Hammarskjöld in 1961 remains one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. Even today, there are many questions and conspiracy theories.

Danish documentary filmmaker Mads Brügger and a Swedish private investigator follow the clues to try and solve a case that has baffled people for decades. Why did the plane carrying the world's highest ranking diplomat crash in Africa? Was it shot down? And if so, by whom? Was Hammarskjöld a victim of the Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union? Was he a thorn in the side of the former colonial powers due to his support for the newly independent African states? The search, which long led nowhere, suddenly uncovers crimes that are much more recent and much more terrifying. Or have the filmmakers themselves become victims of another conspiracy theory, this time their own?

Year: 2019
Local premiere date: 9. March 2019
World premiere date: 26. January 2019

Country of origin:

  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden