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Cold Case Hammarskjöld

2019Movie2 h 9 min

DocumentaryHistory
71
GoodGoodWatch score
IMDb7.5

A relentlessly bleak, gripping documentary movie about history and mystery.

Good for friends night · thought-provoking · adults

Skip it if you need an uplifting mood · you want fast pacing · you want to half-watch while scrolling

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Story

Some things have been hidden too long

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.

Feels like

  • Investigative Documentary
  • Political Thriller
  • Historical Conspiracy
  • Cold Case
  • UN History
  • Subversive Journalism
  • Bleak Revelations
  • African Geopolitics
  • Unsettling Discoveries

Cast

6 of 6

Crew

Directed by
Mads Brügger
Written by
Mads Brügger
Produced by
Andreas Rocksén, Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Peter Engel
Music by
John Erik Kaada

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Facts

February 7, 2019 · 2 h 9 min · Disturbing Imagery

Released
February 7, 2019
Runtime
2 h 9 min
Content
Disturbing Imagery
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
English
Also spoken
Danish, French, Swedish
Made in
Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Iceland, Israel
Available in
41 countries

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Where can I stream Cold Case Hammarskjöld?

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In the United States, Cold Case Hammarskjöld streams on Prime, Dox, and Magnolia Selects, and it is free with ads on Kanopy and Fandango at Home Free. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, and FlixFling. It also streams in 9 other countries.

Is Cold Case Hammarskjöld worth watching?

71
GoodGoodWatch score

Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 71 (IMDb 7.5).

Will I feel good after watching Cold Case Hammarskjöld?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 6 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.