Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Feature - 119 min

Who is behind the death of Dag Hammarskjöld?

In 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld, the popular yet controversial Secretary General of the UN, died in a plane crash in Northern Rhodesia. What began as preposterous conspiracy theories surrounding his death quickly evolved into a growing consensus that Hammarskjöld and 15 others were the victims of a brutally effective assassination. Director Mads Brügger investigates the mysterious circumstances that led to his death.

Festivals and Awards

Sundance 2019 | Directing Award: World Cinema Documentary

Munich Film Festival 2019 | Special Mention: ARRI/OSRAM Award

One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival 2019 | Best Director Award

Lighthouse International Film Festival 2019 | Best Documentary

It's All True International Film Festival 2019 | Best Feature or Medium-Length Documentary

Reviews

NewYork Times Review

Rolling Stone Review by David Fear

CountryZambia
Running Time119:00
Date1 Jan, 2019
ProducerDR
OriginalHD
Ref No8323

The Producers

Mads Brügger - Director

Mads Brügger is a Danish journalist, TV host, author, and filmmaker. Brügger has written several books, worked for magazines and newspapers, produced award-winning radio programmes and hosted critically acclaimed late night TV shows. Brügger is renowned for his distinctive methods of "performative journalism" as he infiltrates various milieus. He has created and featured in satirical docu-series such as Danes for Bush (2004) as well as in feature-length documentaries like his Sundance winner The Red Chapel (2009). The Ambassador (2011) and Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019) were also selected for Sundance. He made his feature fiction debut with The Saint Bernard Syndicate (2018), winner of two awards at the Tribeca Film Festival. In 2011, Brügger became a Director of Programming at the public service channel Radio24syv.

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Who is behind the death of Dag Hammarskjöld?

The Producers

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