Året var 1961

Jan 2, 2011

0h 58m

★ 5.0

Kennedy becomes president of the United States and at home in Sweden, the regal ship Vasa breathes morning air for the first time in 333 years

Overview

1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

SVT

Året var 1961 Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice)

Jonas Fohlin

Self

Christina Schollin

Self (archive footage)

Cliff Richard

Self (archive footage)

Jack S. Kotschack

Self

Ewy Rosqvist-Korff

Self (archive footage)

Dag Hammarskjöld

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

Gullan Bornemark

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Eichmann

Self (archive footage)

Putte Kock

Self (archive footage)

Lill Lindfors

Self

Gert Gustafsson

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