Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Feb 7, 2019

2h 9m

★ 6.8

Some things have been hidden too long

Overview

Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (currently Zambia), September 18, 1961. Swedish economist and diplomat Dag Hammarskjöld, Secretary General of the UN, dies mysteriously in a plane crash. Decades later, Danish journalist and filmmaker Mads Brügger and Swedish researcher Göran Björkdahl investigate the case in search of definitive closure.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Piraya Film

Laika Film & Television

Associate Directors

Against Gravity

BBC Storyville

GEO Television

SVT

The Bertha Foundation

Wingman Media

RÚV

SH Channel 8

SVT

YLE

RTBF

VRT

VPRO

Cold Case Hammarskjöld Trailers

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Cast

Self - Investigator

Mads Brügger

Self - Secretary

Clarinah Mfengu

Self - Secretary

Saphir Wenzi Mabanza

Self - Investigator

Göran Björkdahl

Self - Göran's Father

Hilding Björkdahl

Self - Former NSA Agent

Charles Southall

Self - Photographer

Norman Kenward

Self - R. Beuckels' Nephew

Jan Beuckels

Self - R. Beuckels' Friend

Lydia Sterkendries

Self - Diplomat

Hans Corell

Self - Lawyer

Stephen Sedley

Self - Journalist

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