
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
2019 · Movie · 129 min · ★ 6.8 · 80% critics
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.
Also known as Murder in the Bush: Cold Case Hammarskjöld
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Details
- Years
- 2019
- Release date
- 2019-02-07
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 80/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (47 votes)
Themes
- cinema on cinema
- secret organization
- south africa
- apartheid
- conspiracy theory
- murder investigation
- struggling artist
- white supremacy
- neo-colonialism
- state crimes
- katanga conflict
- plane crash
- +2 more
Awards & recognition
- Sundance World Cinema Directing Award: Documentary · 2019
- Lux Prize · 2019 · nominated
Cast & crew

Mads Brügger
as Self - Investigator
- CM
Clarinah Mfengu
as Self - Secretary
- SM
Saphir Wenzi Mabanza
as Self - Secretary
- GB
Göran Björkdahl
as Self - Investigator
- HB
Hilding Björkdahl
as Self - Göran's Father
- MN
Margareth Ngulube
as Self
- CC
Custon Chipoya
as Self
- AK
Abraham Kunda
as Self
- JP
Jacob Phiri
as Self
- JN
John Ngongo
as Self
Directed by Mads Brügger