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Året var 1956
1956 - the year when Elvis Presley breaks through and Grace Kelly celebrates a fairytale wedding in Monaco. In Ställdalen, a rail bus carrying schoolchildren is crushed and off New York m/s Stockholm collides with Andrea Doria. Frances Bulwark runs its last race and Swedish UN soldiers are flown to Suez. But most of all, it is the year of the Hungarian refugees.
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1956 - the year when Elvis Presley breaks through and Grace Kelly celebrates a fairytale wedding in Monaco. In Ställdalen, a rail bus carrying schoolchildren is crushed and off New York m/s Stockholm collides with Andrea Doria. Frances Bulwark runs its last race and Swedish UN soldiers are flown to Suez. But most of all, it is the year of the Hungarian refugees.
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Genre:Documentary, History
Written By:Jonas Fohlin, Olle Häger, Kjell Tunegård, Jan Lindenbaum
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Runtime:57 minutes
Studio:SVT
Cast
Jonas Fohlin, Olle Häger, Kjell Tunegård, Jan Lindenbaum
Director
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)
Lars Orup
Self
Frances Bulwark
Self (archive footage)
Sixten Jernberg
Self (archive footage)
Grace Kelly
Self (archive footage)
Prince Rainier III of Monaco
Self (archive footage)
Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage)
Fess Parker
Self (archive footage)
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
Self (archive footage)
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