Året var 1961 (2011)

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.

Cast (18)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Jonas Fohlin

Narrator (voice)

Christina Schollin

Self

Cliff Richard

Self (archive footage)

J

Jack S. Kotschack

Self (archive footage)

E

Ewy Rosqvist-Korff

Self

Dag Hammarskjöld

Self (archive footage)

Yuri Gagarin

Self (archive footage)

G

Gullan Bornemark

Self (archive footage)

Adolf Eichmann

Self (archive footage)

P

Putte Kock

Self (archive footage)

Lill Lindfors

Self (archive footage)

G

Gert Gustafsson

Self

T

Torsten Stålnacke

Self

L

Lars Långström

Self

T

Tamara Filatova

Self

P

Pelle Petterson

Self

L

Lennart Hellsing

Self

O

Owe Jonsson

Self

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