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Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Some things have been hidden too long

20196.82h 9m

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.

Directed by Mads Brügger
Written by Mads Brügger
Produced by Peter Engel, Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
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Top Cast

Mads Brügger

Mads Brügger

Self - Investigator

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Clarinah Mfengu

Self - Secretary

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Saphir Wenzi Mabanza

Self - Secretary

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Göran Björkdahl

Self - Investigator

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Hilding Björkdahl

Self - Göran's Father

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Margareth Ngulube

Self

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Custon Chipoya

Self

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Abraham Kunda

Self

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Jacob Phiri

Self

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John Ngongo

Self

Themes & Keywords

cinema on cinemasecret organizationsouth africaapartheidconspiracy theorymurder investigationstruggling artistwhite supremacyneo-colonialismstate crimeskatanga conflictplane crashzambiaafrican history

About Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Cold Case Hammarskjöld is a documentary, history film released in 2019 exploring themes of cinema on cinema, secret organization, south africa, apartheid, conspiracy theory, murder investigation. Directed by Mads Brügger, it stars Mads Brügger, Clarinah Mfengu, Saphir Wenzi Mabanza. 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.

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