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Hammarskjöld (film)
''Hammarskjöld'' is a 2023 Swedish biographical drama film directed by Per Fly. It is based on the final weeks of former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. ''Hammarskjöld'' had its world premiere at the 53rd International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2024. Plot Set during the Cold War in 1961, the film follows diplomat and economist Dag Hammarskjöld as he embarks on a critical mission to negotiate a ceasefire. After leading UN troops in their first wartime operation, Hammarskjöld boards a plane in a desperate effort to secure peace amidst mounting tensions with his adversaries. Cast *Mikael Persbrandt as Dag Hammarskjöld * Francis Chouler as Bill Ranallo * Cian Barry as Wieschhoff *Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Moise Tshombe *Colin Salmon as Ralph Bunche * Sara Soulié as Hanna * Adam Neill as Lord Lansdowne * Celine Tshika as Ruth Tshombe *Thure Lindhardt as Peter Levin * Jordan Duvigneau as Patrice Lumumba * Seán Duggan as Conor O'Brien * Vasiliy Mishchenko as Niki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Per Fly
Per Fly Plejdrup (born 14 January 1960) is a Danish film director, generally credited simply as Per Fly. He has made many films and television shows broadcast on Danish television. Per Fly's awards includes the Crown Prince Couple's Culture Prize in 2005. Biography Fly graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 1993. He debuted in 2000 with the feature film '' Bænken'' (''The Bench''), which told the story of Kaj, a man whose life has led him into serious alcoholism. This film was the first part of what would become the Denmark trilogy, which portrayed situations and characters from the lower, upper and middle classes in Denmark, in that order. The stop-motion animation film '' Prop og Berta ''(''Prop and Berta'', 2001) followed ''Bænken'', but was not part of the trilogy. The trilogy continued with '' Arven'' (''The Inheritance'', 2003) depicting the upper class, and the middle class in '' Drabet ''(''Manslaughter'', 2005). In 2007 he shot a series entitled '' Fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |