“Primetime” and Emptiness
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Året var 1961
1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
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1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
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Genre:Documentary, History
Written By:Jonas Fohlin, Kjell Tunegård, Olle Häger
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Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:SVT
Cast
Jonas Fohlin, Kjell Tunegård, Olle Häger
Director
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)
Christina Schollin
Self
Cliff Richard
Self (archive footage)
Jack S. Kotschack
Self (archive footage)
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
Self
Dag Hammarskjöld
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
Self (archive footage)
Gullan Bornemark
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Putte Kock
Self (archive footage)
Lill Lindfors
Self (archive footage)
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