
Året var 1961
Documentary · History
Overview
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.
Top Cast


Jonas Fohlin
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)
Jonas Fohlin
Narrator (voice)


Christina Schollin
Christina Schollin
Self
Christina Schollin
Self


Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
Self (archive footage)
Cliff Richard
Self (archive footage)
Jack S. Kotschack
Jack S. Kotschack
Self (archive footage)
Jack S. Kotschack
Self (archive footage)
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
Self
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff
Self


Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld
Self (archive footage)
Dag Hammarskjöld
Self (archive footage)


Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin
Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
Self (archive footage)
Gullan Bornemark
Gullan Bornemark
Self (archive footage)
Gullan Bornemark
Self (archive footage)


Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Eichmann
Self (archive footage)
Putte Kock
Putte Kock
Self (archive footage)
Putte Kock
Self (archive footage)
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