A Thousand Pieces

Sep 5, 2014

1h 40m

★ 7.1

Overview

A documentary about the Swedish singer Björn Afzelius, his life and work, told by interviews with friends, family and bandmates and through unique and never-seen-before archive material.

Genres

Documentary

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Cast

Self

Marianne Lindberg De Geer

Self (archive footage)

Björn Afzelius

Self

Isabelle Afzelius

Self

Rebecca Afzelius

Self

Tommy Rander

Self

Mikael Wiehe

Self

Peter Clemmedson

Self

Bernt Andersson

Self

Stefan Borsch

Self

Olle Nyberg

Self

Göran Blomgren

Self

Åge Aleksandersen

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