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2019129 minPGdocumentary

6.8/ 10(48 ratings)• TMDB

Conspiracy Theories True Crime Freedom Of Expression Geopolitics

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

2019129 minPGdocumentary

6.8/ 10(48 ratings)• TMDB

An investigation into Dag Hammarskjöld's mysterious plane crash death.

“Some things have been hidden too long”

Conspiracy Theories True Crime Freedom Of Expression Geopolitics

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An investigation into Dag Hammarskjöld's mysterious plane crash death.

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Mads Brügger

Mads Brüggerdirector

Mads Brügger

Mads Brüggerwriter

Mads Brügger

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Clarinah Mfengucast

Saphir Wenzi Mabanzacast

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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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