ABBA Forever: A Celebration

Oct 13, 2019

0h 54m

★ 8.3

Overview

This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Stanza Media Limited

ABBA Forever: A Celebration Trailers

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Cast

Self

Agnetha Fältskog

Self

Benny Andersson

Self

Björn Ulvaeus

Self

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Self

Donny Osmond

Self

Neil Sedaka

Narrator [USA version] (voice)

Alex Nagle

Narrator [UK version] (voice)

Hugh Skinner

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