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- 2019
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: Mads Brügger
Written By: Mads Brügger
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
- 2019
- Not Rated
- Magnolia Pictures
- 2 h 8 m
Cold Case Hammarskjöld
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Summary 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.
Directed By: Mads Brügger
Written By: Mads Brügger
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 23 Critic Reviews
76
87% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
13% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Funny, provocative and chilling, Cold Case Hammarskjold draws the viewer into that helix and manages to be improbably entertaining, even as it becomes increasingly, shockingly uncomfortable. It’s impossible to emerge from this film without being shaken to your core. Mission accomplished: Mind blown.
Cold Case Hammarskjöld doesn’t offer the last word about the issues it raises. But it’s a movie that should be seen, grappled with, argued with, and experienced, because the questions it plants in us are dark enough to reverberate as powerfully as answers.
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Though its come-on is playful, this documentary sinks into some swampy subjects, including racism, secret biowarfare and political assassination.
Cold Case Hammarskjöld is likely to be divisive; I’m divided myself. Brügger’s awkward juxtaposition of clowning with real-life horrors is off-putting. In a time plagued by conspiracy theories, the film is an example of an acutely timely uneasiness, reminding us how conspiracies can be simultaneously toxic and compelling.
It may be a bit of a stretch to call what Brügger delivers here a documentary, exactly — it’s a “true” crime story with an emphasis on the quotes.
If, like so many conspiracy-mongers, Brügger is in this to make his name, whatever the social consequences, his comeuppance should be swift. But I want to believe that this isn’t a stunt and that his first-person meta nonsense — his desire to call attention to his floundering — is a sign of honesty, not obscurantism.
The first half is a drowsy day at the office, full of complex paperwork minutiae that, too much of the time, doesn’t even pan out by the end of the movie. The second half is more horrifying to think about but less scrupulously presented and, as such, harder to believe.
Production Company
Wingman Media,
Piraya Film,
Laika Film & Television,
Associate Directors,
Danske Dramatikere,
Eurimages,
Sveriges Television (SVT),
The Bertha Foundation,
Film i Väst,
BBC Storyville,
RTBF Documentaries,
GEO Television,
Doc Society,
Nordisk Film Fond,
Norsk Filminstitutt,
Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI),
Fritt Ord,
Filmkraft Rogaland,
Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds,
Hinterland,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
Flanders Film Funding,
VRT / Canvas,
VPRO TV,
Against Gravity,
Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK),
Yleisradio (YLE),
Ríkisútvarpið-Sjónvarp (RÚV),
SH Channel 8,
Danmarks Radio (DR),
Konsul George Jorck og hustru Emma Jorcks fond,
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Danske Filminstruktører,
Den Vestdanske Filmpulje,
DR Sales
Release Date Aug 16, 2019
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Millennium Docs Against Gravity
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Munich Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
