

Året var 1961
2011, Swedish. Directed by Jonas Fohlin & Kjell Tunegård & Olle Häger.
Kennedy becomes president of the United States and at home in Sweden, the regal ship Vasa breathes morning air for the first time in 333 years
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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- 0h 58m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Swedish
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Cast & crew
- Jonas FohlinDirector
- Kjell TunegårdDirector
- Olle HägerDirector
- 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 GustafssonSelf
Details
- Released
- 2 January 2011
- Country
- Sweden
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Watch Året var 1957 (2007), Året var 1958 (2008), Året var 1959 (2009), and Året var 1960 (2010) first, plus 6 earlier titles listed on this page.
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Next in the series: Året var 1962 (2012), Året var 1963 (2013), and Året var 1964 (2014).
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Året var 1961 runs 58 minutes (0h 58m).
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What movies are like Året var 1961?
If you liked Året var 1961, try Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words, Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, Bergman: A Year in a Life.
Who directed Året var 1961?
Året var 1961 (2011) was directed by Jonas Fohlin and Kjell Tunegård and Olle Häger and stars Jonas Fohlin, Christina Schollin, Cliff Richard.




