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COLD CASE HAMMARS KJ Ö L D A film by Mads Brügger (128 mins, Denmark-Norway-Sweden-Belgium, 2019) Dialogue: English, French, Bemba, Swedish, Danish with English Subtitles Official Selection: 2019 Sundance Film Festival – World Cinema Documentary Competition 2019 Göteborg Film Festival – Nordic Documentary Competition
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DIRECTOR’S NOTES “A journalist should not wish for his journalism to be flawed, but due to the horror of what I discovered, while working on this film, I have secretly been hoping that it all would turn out to be a misunderstanding. Unfortunately, that is not the case.” Mads Brügger
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SYNOPSIS In 1961, United Nations secretary-general Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane mysteriously crashed, killing Hammarskjöld and most of the crew. With the case still unsolved 50-plus years later, Danish journalist, filmmaker, and provocateur Mads Brügger (The Red Chapel, The Ambassador) leads us down an investigative rabbit hole to unearth the truth. Scores of false starts, dead ends, and elusive interviews later, Brügger and his sidekick, Swedish Göran Björkdahl, begin to sniff out something more monumental than anything they’d initially imagined. In his signature agitprop style, Brügger becomes both filmmaker and subject, challenging the very nature of truth by “performing” the role of truth seeker. As Brügger uncovers a critical secret that could send shockwaves around the world, we realize that sometimes absurdity and irony are the emboldening ingredients needed to confront what’s truly sinister.
SHORT SYNOPSIS Danish director Mads Brügger and Swedish private investigator Göran Björkdahl are trying to solve the mysterious death of Dag Hammarskjöld. As their investigation closes in, they discover a crime far worse than killing the Secretary-General of the United Nations. COLD CASE HAMMARSKJÖLD
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Mads Brügger - Director Mads Brügger is a Danish journalist, television host, author and filmmaker. He has written several books, worked for magazines and newspapers, produced award-winning radio programs, and hosted the critically acclaimed late-night television show The 11th Hour, as well as the daily news program Deadline. Brügger also created the satirical docuseries Danes for Bush and the feature documentaries The Red Chapel (World Cinema Documentary Jury Prize, 2010 Sundance Film Festival) and The Ambassador (2012 Sundance Film Festival).
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Wingman Media Piraya Film Laika Film & Television PRESENT IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH Associate Directors DR SVT Bertha Foundation | Doc Society Film i Väst BBC Storyville RTBF GEO Television PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF Danish Film Institute Nordisk Film & TV Fond Eurimages Norsk filminstitutt Svenska Filminstitutet Fritt Ord Filmkraft Rogaland Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) Flanders Film Funding Belgian Tax Shelter Hinterland PRODUCED BY Peter Engel Bjarte Mørner Tveit Andreas Rocksén CO-PRODUCED BY Bram Crols A FILM BY Mads Brügger
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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY Mads Brügger DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Tore Vollan EDITOR Nicolás Nørgaard Staffolani MUSIC COMPOSED, ARRANGED, PERFORMED & RECORDED BY Kaada SOUND DESIGN AND MIX Senjan Jansen COLORIST Tom Chr. Lilletvedt
PRODUCED IN COPRODUCTION WITH Associate Directors DR
SVT Bertha Foundation | Doc Society
Film i Väst
BBC Storyville
RTBF Télévision belge – Unité Documentaire
GEO Television
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Bram Crols Mette Hoffmann Meyer Anders Bruus Axel Arnö Jess Search, Doc Society Executive Producer Sandra Whipham, Doc Society Executive Producer Beadie Finzi, Doc Society Executive Producer Prash Naik, Doc Society Legal Counsel Simon Perry Anthony Muir Mandy Chang Kate Townsend Hayley Reynolds Isabelle Christiaens, Responsable Coproductions Documentaires Annick Lernoud, Productrice associée Philippe Antoine, Chargé de production Karine Vyvermans, Assistante de production Francis De Catelle, Assistant de production Wilbur Leguebe Arno Becker Dr. Klaus Holtmann
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FEATURING in order of appearance Mads Brügger Clarinah Mfengu Saphir Wenzi Mabanza Göran Björkdahl Hilding Björkdahl Margareth Ngulube Custon Chipoya Abraham Kunda Jacob Phiri John Ngongo Salomon Mwanza Safeli Mulenga Teresa Kankasa Neddy Banda Walter Mutukwa Charles Southall Norman Kenward Jan Beuckels Fons Feayerts Lydia Sterkendries Richard Goldstone Hans Corell De Wet Potgieter Diane Maxwell Ibrahim Karolia Claude Newbury René Goor Tienie Groenewald Henrik Larsen Kerryn Macauley Pierre Coppens Marion Van Risseghem Simon Hunt Clive Jansen Van Vuuren Robert Cedars Alexander Jones Karl Feil Julian Ogilvie Thompson
PRODUCTION Executive Producers
Peter Engel Bjarte Mørner Tveit Torstein Grude
Assistant Producers
William Johansson Mark Daems
Line Producer
Charlotte Vinther
Associate Producers
Location Producers
Location Services Operations Manager Guide Production Assistant Additional Cinematography
1st AC
Sound Recordists
DIT
Camera rental
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Nadja Nørgaard Kristensen Monique Marnette, ADV Productions Oddleiv Vik Andy Jones Nina Landau Michel Van Roten, Go Congo Travel Evelyne Makitu Patrick Mukeza Nina Payrhuber Lars Skree Jonas Berlin Gustaf Ågerstrand Göran Björkdahl Odd Reinhardt Nicolaysen Magnus Dennison Fredrik Klæth Eriksen Nevine Gerits Fredrik Klæth Eriksen Joakim Hauge Vocke Viðar Hákon Gíslason Joakim Hauge Vocke Rune Bjerre Sand Joakim Hauge Vocke Fredrik Klæth Eriksen Hinterland
Head of Research
Andreas Rocksén
Research
Göran Björkdahl Fons Feayerts
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De Wet Potgieter Jacob Phiri Stone Steenberg Michel van Rooten Johanna Johnsson Emile Rabaté Rikard Ullberg Linn Lybäck Linda Axelsson Fredrik Palmkvist Andy Jones Melina Scheuermann Niels Borchert Holm Jesper Kings Hanna Dunder Matilda Arborelius Bo Johan Sörensen Amanda Björkdahl Maurits Otterloo Björn Trägårdh Louise Lundmark Cătălin Prisacariu Hanna Frick Karen Glahn Sarah Ryan Translation
Angela Entsieh Paul Dayez
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Agnes Rocksén Elise Rocksén Björn Trägårdh Nora Bohlin Linn Lybäck Louise Lundmark Hanna Frick Melina Scheuermann Bo Johan Sörensen Maja Wizell Amanda Björkdahl Sebastian Paez Salman Shaffi
POST PRODUCTION Post production coordinator Additional Editors
Assistant Editing
Promo Editor
Göran Gester Erika Gonzales Kyrre Hervik Larsen Christian Thorsen Fredrik Klæth Eriksen Joakim Hauge Vocke Margrete Vinnem
Offline Facilities
Chimney Gothenburg Hinterland, Oslo/Stavanger
Assistant colorist
Kyrre Hervik Larsen
DI manager Digital Intermediate Online Finishing Artist & GFX Finishing Artists
GFX
Sound Post Production Sound Editor Music Recording Studio Music Editor Additional music arrangements Sequencer programming Animation Director Art Director & Lead Compositor Lead Animator Animator & Compositor Storyboard Artist
Legal Advisors
Security Advisor
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Joakim Hauge Vocke
Joakim Hauge Vocke Hinterland Kyrre Hervik Larsen Joakim Hauge Vocke Kyrre Hervik Larsen Karl Andre Bru Fredrik Klæth Eriksen Tom Chr. Lilletvedt
Lars Rasmussen Bert Aerts Wrongroom, Oslo Elliot Houwing-Endresen Kristian Tybakken Magnus Fyen Claudia Bille Stræde Sara Aunbirk Marie Eriksen Lasse Bruntse Julie Baltzer
Mikkel Maltha Prash Naik Mikkel Chr. Runberg, Zero-Alpha Executive Services
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Accounting
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Insurance
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Charlotte Vinther Helle Thilo Natalia Kassirova, Sum Regnskap Rosa Körberg RIR Revision Tore Kristian Tjemsland, statsautorisert revisor Krister Holmgren, Finnhammars Tryg Forsikring Codan Forsikring/Lyberg & Partnere Tobias Røder
ARCHIVE SOURCES Archives Nationales, Paris Bodleian Library, Oxford British National Archives, Kew Cinematek - Royal film Archive of Belgium Norman Kenward Rhodesian Army Archives Riksarkivet, Norway Riksarkivet, Sweden SABC SAHA SVT The United Nations AudioVisual Library Zimbabwe National Archives
Archive footage EN CINQUANTE ANS film publicitaire, Union Miniere Haut-Katanga Produced by Gérard De Boe, 1958
Licensed music Wendo Kolosoy: ALBERTINA Performed by Wendo Published by Ngoma/Sondrem
The production wants to thank all the contributors to the film SPECIAL THANKS Jan Albert Emmanuel Bangala Jean Pierre Bat Mikael Bertelsen Greta Beskow and family Lieve Beuckels Reginaldo Blanco Malene Blenkov Jonas Blomberg Tony Blomqvist Roger Bracco Nathalie Cayman Henrik Cederin Tom Chalmers Moses Chimema William Chirwa Ane Cortzen Alfred Chikomba Annika Ben David Etienne Davignon Luc De Boe Ludo De Witte Alex Diehl Edouard Dinant John Edmonds Eline Egge Andrew Feinstein Per Fly Gordon Fogwill Karl-Olof Fransson Octav Ganea Monica Silfverskiöld Getz Rob Graham Torben Guelstorff Jacques-Henri Gyurkitz Sven Göran Hallonquist Dean Hamer Leif Hellström Hennie Heymans Chris Hoare Stig Holmqvist
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Hans Käll Sean Kennedy Pat Lawless Kathryn Lee Wren Mast-Ingle Jon Mankell Didrik Martens Dickson Mbewe Yves Meli Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen Michael Montgomery Tom Mtine Emma Mulenga Fredrick Mulenga Moinsa Claude Munongo Josiah Mvula Douglas Mwanza Salomon Mwanza Keith Nickisson Michael Noer Joshua Oppenheimer Leo Picard Piers Pigou Catalin Prisacariu Will Ransom Kasper Rasmussen Nicolas Winding Refn Jokum Rohde Victor Rosez Patrick Ryborn James Sanders Hans Kristian Simensen Hanson Sindowe Jean Pierre Sonck Börje Steenberg Sixten Svensson Annika Söder Kasper Søderlund Tony Tabatznik Åsa Theander Richard Trinquier
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Simon Hunt Carlos Huyghes Joseph Kalupentala Cynthia Kane Bodil Kjærhauge Ida Krogh
Isabel Tshombe Hennie van Vuuren Frederikke Villaume Björn Virving Olle Westh Johan Stahl Winthereik
Algemeen Rijksarchief 2 - depot Joseph Cuvelier / Joachim Derwael Bodleian Library, Oxford / Kate del Nevo The Chimney Group / Fredrik Zander Congo 1960 / Martine Decol Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Site / Richard Hanguwa Good Pitch Heemkundige Kring van Lint / Eddy Hertogs Odeon Kino / Eric Tarres Stampe en Vertonghe Luchtvaartmuseum, Deurne Swedish Embassy, DR Congo / Maria Håkansson The Travellers Club, London Zentropa Entertainment
PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF Danish Film Institute
Klara Grunning-Harris, Film Commissioner
Nordisk Film & TV Fond Eurimages Norsk filminstitutt Svenska Filminstitutet
Even Gottfred Benestad Cecilia Lidin
Fritt Ord Filmkraft Rogaland
Sigve Endresen
Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Erwin Provoost Pierre Drouot Karla Puttemans Myriam De Boeck Tom Van Herzele
Flanders Film Funding (FFF)
Pieter Dewinter Tom Notte
Belgian Tax Shelter Hinterland
Joakim Hauge Vocke
PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH VRT - Canvas
VPRO Against Gravity
Tom Bleyaert Simon Vrebos Nathalie Windhorst Artur Liebhart
NRK
Lars Lønne
YLE
Jenny Westergård
RÚV
Hera Olafsdottir
Channel 8
Edit Pinkas
FINANCED IN COLLABORATION WITH DR Sales
Kim Christiansen
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT BY Konsul George Jorck og Hustru Emma Jorcks Fond Den Vestdanske Filmpulje Danske Dramatikere Danske Filminstuktører
World Sales Festival Distribution
DR Sales, Kim Christiansen Danish Film Institute
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