Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
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2019
2h 9m
6.7(41 votes)
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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.

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Cast & Crew

47 members
Directing

Mads Brügger

Self - Investigator

Mads Brügger
Acting

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

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Salomon Mwanza

Self

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Safeli Mulenga

Self

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Teresa Kankasa

Self

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Neddy Banda

Self

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Walter Mutukwa

Self

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Charles Southall

Self - Former NSA Agent

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Norman Kenward

Self - Photographer

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Jan Beuckels

Self - R. Beuckels' Nephew

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Fons Feayerts

Self

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Lydia Sterkendries

Self - R. Beuckels' Friend

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Richard Goldstone

Self - Former Judge

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Stephen Sedley

Self - Lawyer

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Hans Corell

Self - Diplomat

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De Wet Potgieter

Self - Journalist

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Diane Maxwell

Self - K. Maxwell's Widow (voice)

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Ibrahim Karolia

Self

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Claude Newbury

Self - Medical Doctor

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René Goor

Self - Former SAIMR Member

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Tienie Groenewald

Self - Former SADF Chief

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Henrik Larsen

Self

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Kerryn Macauley

Self

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Pierre Coppens

Self - Former Paratrooper

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Marion van Risseghem

Self - J. van Risseghem's Widow

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Simon Hunt

Self

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Clive Jansen van Vuuren

Self - Former SAIMR Member

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Robert Cedars

Self - Former SAIMR Member (voice)

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Alexander Jones

Self - Former SAIMR Member

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Karl Feil

Self - D. Feil's Brother

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Julian Olgilvie Thompson

Self (voice)

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U Thant

Self - Diplomat (archive footage)

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Dag Hammarskjöld

Self - Diplomat (archive footage)

Dag Hammarskjöld
Acting

John F. Kennedy

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy
Acting

Никита Хрущёв

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Никита Хрущёв
Acting

Moïse Kapenda Tshombe

Self - Politician (archive footage)

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Desmond Tutu

Self - Anglican Bishop (archive footage)

Desmond Tutu
Acting

Dumisa Ntsebeza

Self - Political Activist (archive footage)

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Dagmar Feil

Self - SAIMR Member (archive footage)

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