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HAMMARSKJÖ LD

Un film de Mads Brügger

(128 mins, Danemark-Norvège-Suède-Belgique, 2019)

Dialogue: anglais, français, bemba, suédois, danois avec sous-titres anglais

Sélection officielle : Festival du film de Sundance 2019 – Compétition documentaire international

Festival de Göteborg – Compétition documentaire nordique

présente

Distribution

Métropole Films Distribution 5360 boul. Saint-Laurent

Montréal, QCTél : 514-223-5511

Courriel : info@metropolefilms.com

Relations de presse

Bonne Smith Star PR

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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.

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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).

Wingman MediaPiraya Film

Laika Film & TelevisionPRESENT

IN CO-PRODUCTION WITHAssociate Directors

DRSVT

Bertha Foundation | Doc SocietyFilm i Väst

BBC StoryvilleRTBF

GEO Television

PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OFDanish Film InstituteNordisk Film & TV Fond

EurimagesNorsk filminstitutt

Svenska FilminstitutetFritt Ord

Filmkraft RogalandFlanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)

Flanders Film FundingBelgian Tax Shelter

Hinterland

PRODUCED BYPeter Engel

Bjarte Mørner TveitAndreas RocksénCO-PRODUCED BYBram Crols

A FILM BYMads Brügger

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WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BYMads Brügger

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYTore Vollan

EDITORNicolás Nørgaard Staffolani

MUSIC COMPOSED, ARRANGED, PERFORMED & RECORDED BY

Kaada

SOUND DESIGN AND MIXSenjan Jansen

COLORISTTom Chr. Lilletvedt

PRODUCED IN COPRODUCTION WITH

Associate Directors Bram Crols

DR Mette Hoffmann MeyerAnders Bruus

SVT Axel Arnö

Bertha Foundation | Doc Society Jess Search, Doc Society Executive ProducerSandra Whipham, Doc Society Executive ProducerBeadie Finzi, Doc Society Executive ProducerPrash Naik, Doc Society Legal Counsel

Film i Väst Simon PerryAnthony Muir

BBC Storyville Mandy ChangKate Townsend Hayley Reynolds

RTBF Télévision belge – Unité Documentaire Isabelle Christiaens, Responsable Coproductions DocumentairesAnnick Lernoud, Productrice associéePhilippe Antoine, Chargé de productionKarine Vyvermans, Assistante de productionFrancis De Catelle, Assistant de productionWilbur Leguebe

GEO Television Arno BeckerDr. Klaus Holtmann

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FEATURINGin order of appearance

Mads BrüggerClarinah Mfengu

Saphir Wenzi Mabanza Göran Björkdahl Hilding Björkdahl Margareth Ngulube Custon ChipoyaAbraham KundaJacob PhiriJohn Ngongo

Salomon MwanzaSafeli Mulenga Teresa KankasaNeddy Banda

Walter MutukwaCharles Southall Norman KenwardJan BeuckelsFons Feayerts

Lydia Sterkendries Richard Goldstone

Hans CorellDe Wet PotgieterDiane Maxwell

Ibrahim KaroliaClaude Newbury

René GoorTienie Groenewald

Henrik LarsenKerryn MacauleyPierre Coppens

Marion Van Risseghem Simon Hunt

Clive Jansen Van Vuuren Robert Cedars Alexander

JonesKarl Feil

Julian Ogilvie Thompson

PRODUCTION

Executive Producers Peter EngelBjarte Mørner TveitTorstein Grude

Assistant Producers William JohanssonMark Daems

Line Producer Charlotte Vinther

Associate Producers Nadja Nørgaard KristensenMonique Marnette, ADV ProductionsOddleiv Vik

Location Producers Andy JonesNina Landau

Location Services Michel Van Roten, Go Congo TravelOperations Manager Evelyne Makitu

Guide Patrick Mukeza Production Assistant Nina Payrhuber

Additional Cinematography Lars SkreeJonas BerlinGustaf ÅgerstrandGöran BjörkdahlOdd Reinhardt NicolaysenMagnus DennisonFredrik Klæth EriksenNevine Gerits

1st AC Fredrik Klæth EriksenJoakim Hauge Vocke

Sound Recordists Viðar Hákon GíslasonJoakim Hauge VockeRune Bjerre Sand

DIT Joakim Hauge VockeFredrik Klæth Eriksen

Camera rental Hinterland

Head of Research Andreas Rocksén

Research Göran BjörkdahlFons Feayerts

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De Wet PotgieterJacob PhiriStone SteenbergMichel van RootenJohanna JohnssonEmile RabatéRikard UllbergLinn LybäckLinda AxelssonFredrik PalmkvistAndy JonesMelina ScheuermannNiels Borchert HolmJesper KingsHanna DunderMatilda ArboreliusBo Johan SörensenAmanda BjörkdahlMaurits OtterlooBjörn TrägårdhLouise LundmarkCătălin Prisacariu Hanna FrickKaren GlahnSarah Ryan

Translation Angela EntsiehPaul Dayez

Transcripts Agnes RocksénElise RocksénBjörn TrägårdhNora BohlinLinn LybäckLouise LundmarkHanna FrickMelina ScheuermannBo Johan SörensenMaja WizellAmanda BjörkdahlSebastian PaezSalman Shaffi

POST PRODUCTION

Post production coordinator Joakim Hauge Vocke

Additional Editors Göran GesterErika GonzalesKyrre Hervik Larsen

Assistant Editing Christian ThorsenFredrik Klæth EriksenJoakim Hauge Vocke

Promo Editor Margrete Vinnem

Offline Facilities Chimney GothenburgHinterland, Oslo/Stavanger

Assistant colorist Kyrre Hervik Larsen

DI manager Joakim Hauge Vocke

Digital Intermediate Hinterland

Online Kyrre Hervik Larsen

Finishing Artist & GFX Joakim Hauge VockeFinishing Artists Kyrre Hervik Larsen

Karl Andre BruFredrik Klæth Eriksen

GFX Tom Chr. Lilletvedt

Sound Post Production Lars RasmussenSound Editor Bert Aerts

Music Recording Studio Wrongroom, OsloMusic Editor Elliot Houwing-Endresen

Additional music arrangements Kristian Tybakken Sequencer programming Magnus Fyen

Animation Director Claudia Bille StrædeArt Director & Lead Compositor Sara Aunbirk

Lead Animator Marie EriksenAnimator & Compositor Lasse Bruntse

Storyboard Artist Julie Baltzer

Legal Advisors Mikkel Maltha Prash Naik

Security Advisor Mikkel Chr. Runberg, Zero-Alpha Executive Services

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Accounting Charlotte VintherHelle ThiloNatalia Kassirova, Sum RegnskapRosa Körberg

Auditing RIR RevisionTore Kristian Tjemsland, statsautorisert revisorKrister Holmgren, Finnhammars

Insurance Tryg ForsikringCodan Forsikring/Lyberg & Partnere

Poster design Tobias Røder

ARCHIVE SOURCES

Archives Nationales, ParisBodleian Library, Oxford

British National Archives, Kew

Cinematek - Royal film Archive of BelgiumNorman Kenward

Rhodesian Army ArchivesRiksarkivet, NorwayRiksarkivet, Sweden

SABCSAHASVT

The United Nations AudioVisual LibraryZimbabwe National Archives

Archive footage

EN CINQUANTE ANSfilm publicitaire, Union Miniere Haut-Katanga

Produced by Gérard De Boe, 1958

Licensed music

Wendo Kolosoy: ALBERTINAPerformed by Wendo

Published by Ngoma/Sondrem

The production wants to thank all the contributors to the film

SPECIAL THANKS

Jan Albert Hans KällEmmanuel Bangala Sean KennedyJean Pierre Bat Pat LawlessMikael Bertelsen Kathryn Lee

Greta Beskow and family Wren Mast-IngleLieve Beuckels Jon MankellReginaldo Blanco Didrik MartensMalene Blenkov Dickson MbeweJonas Blomberg Yves MeliTony Blomqvist Nikolaj Vibe MichelsenRoger Bracco Michael Montgomery

Nathalie Cayman Tom MtineHenrik Cederin Emma MulengaTom Chalmers Fredrick MulengaMoses Chimema Moinsa Claude MunongoWilliam Chirwa Josiah MvulaAne Cortzen Douglas Mwanza

Alfred Chikomba Salomon MwanzaAnnika Ben David Keith NickissonEtienne Davignon Michael Noer

Luc De Boe Joshua Oppenheimer Ludo De Witte Leo PicardAlex Diehl Piers Pigou

Edouard Dinant Catalin Prisacariu John Edmonds Will RansomEline Egge Kasper Rasmussen

Andrew Feinstein Nicolas Winding RefnPer Fly Jokum Rohde

Gordon Fogwill Victor RosezKarl-Olof Fransson Patrick Ryborn

Octav Ganea James SandersMonica Silfverskiöld Getz Hans Kristian Simensen

Rob Graham Hanson SindoweTorben Guelstorff Jean Pierre Sonck

Jacques-Henri Gyurkitz Börje SteenbergSven Göran Hallonquist Sixten Svensson

Dean Hamer Annika SöderLeif Hellström Kasper SøderlundHennie Heymans Tony TabatznikChris Hoare Åsa Theander

Stig Holmqvist Richard Trinquier

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Simon Hunt Isabel TshombeCarlos Huyghes Hennie van Vuuren

Joseph Kalupentala Frederikke Villaume Cynthia Kane Björn Virving

Bodil Kjærhauge Olle WesthIda Krogh Johan Stahl Winthereik

Algemeen Rijksarchief 2 - depot Joseph Cuvelier / Joachim DerwaelBodleian Library, Oxford / Kate del Nevo

The Chimney Group / Fredrik ZanderCongo 1960 / Martine Decol

Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Site / Richard HanguwaGood Pitch

Heemkundige Kring van Lint / Eddy HertogsOdeon Kino / Eric Tarres

Stampe en Vertonghe Luchtvaartmuseum, DeurneSwedish Embassy, DR Congo / Maria Håkansson

The Travellers Club, LondonZentropa Entertainment

PRODUCED WITH THE SUPPORT OF

Danish Film Institute Klara Grunning-Harris, Film Commissioner

Nordisk Film & TV Fond

Eurimages

Norsk filminstitutt Even Gottfred Benestad

Svenska Filminstitutet Cecilia Lidin

Fritt Ord

Filmkraft Rogaland Sigve Endresen

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) Erwin ProvoostPierre DrouotKarla PuttemansMyriam De BoeckTom Van Herzele

Flanders Film Funding (FFF) Pieter DewinterTom Notte

Belgian Tax Shelter

Hinterland Joakim Hauge Vocke

PRODUCED IN ASSOCIATION WITH

VRT - Canvas Tom BleyaertSimon Vrebos

VPRO Nathalie Windhorst

Against Gravity 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 FondDen Vestdanske Filmpulje

Danske DramatikereDanske Filminstuktører

World Sales DR Sales, Kim Christiansen

Festival Distribution Danish Film Institute

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