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Året var 1961 (2011)

★ 5.0/10 58 min Documentary, History Sweden Swedish
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Kennedy becomes president of the United States and at home in Sweden, the regal ship Vasa breathes morning air for the first time in 333 years

Description

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)
Christina Schollin
Christina Schollin Self
Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard Self (archive footage)
Jack S. Kotschack Self (archive footage)
Ewy Rosqvist-Korff Self
Dag Hammarskjöld
Dag Hammarskjöld Self (archive footage)
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin Self (archive footage)
Gullan Bornemark Self (archive footage)

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