Året var 1961 (2011)
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1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
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Jonas FohlinNarrator (voice)
Christina SchollinSelf
Cliff RichardSelf (archive footage)
Jack S. KotschackSelf (archive footage)Ewy Rosqvist-KorffSelf
Dag HammarskjöldSelf (archive footage)
Yuri GagarinSelf (archive footage)Gullan BornemarkSelf (archive footage)
Adolf EichmannSelf (archive footage)Putte KockSelf (archive footage)
Lill LindforsSelf (archive footage)Gert GustafssonSelfMovie DNA
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What is Året var 1961 about?
1961 - the year when Swedish UN soldiers are in the crisis-ridden Congo and Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in a plane crash. Swedish film's biggest hit, "Are there angels?", has its premiere with Christina Schollin in one of the roles. Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space and the Volvo P 1800 appears on the roads. Ewy Rosqvist is a rally ace and in April the regal ship Vasa is lifted up after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm's stream. In August, the Berlin Wall is built and outside the Stockholm archipelago, Radio Nord broadcasts music and news.
How long is Året var 1961?
Året var 1961 has a runtime of 58 minutes.