Cold Case Hammarskjöld

dir. Mads Brügger / 2018 history politics human rights

In 1961, the plane of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld crashed in mysterious circumstances in Northern Rhodesia (today Zambia).

In 1961, Secretary General of the UN, Dag Hammarskjöld, died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia. He was en route to ceasefire negotiations between non-combatant UN forces and troops from the breakaway state of Katanga. The circumstances of the plane crash were always unclear but now the UN are reopening the case on the suspicion of assassination. The question is, who wanted Hammarskjöld dead and can the truth be revealed today?

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Trailer

projection time:

126 min.
country/year:

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Belgium / 2018
director:

Mads Brügger
pictures:

Tore Vollan
production:

Peter Engel, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte M. Tveit/Wingman Media
awards :

sections:

WU: Documentary Academy
tags:

history politics human rights