Sweden / Sep 14, 2012
1h 43min
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Ulf Adelsohn | Self |
| Anna-Greta Leijon | Self |
| Carl Bildt | Self |
| Peter Bratt | Self |
| Jörn Donner | Self |
| Jan Guillou | Self |
| Carl Johan De Geer | Self |
| Roy Andersson | Self |
| Anders Ferm | Self |
| Kjell-Olof Feldt | Self |
| Lars Edelstam | Self |
| Olof Ruin | Self |
| Jan O. Karlsson | Self |
| Richard Guston | Self |
| Christina Jutterström | Self |
| Anette Kullenberg | Self |
| Vyacheslav Molotov | Self |
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| Shirley MacLaine | Self |
| Henry Kissinger | Self |
| Francisco Franco | Self |
| Tage Erlander | Self (archive footage) |
| Lennart Geijer | Self (archive footage) |
| David Frost | Self (archive footage) |
| Nikolai Bulganin | Self (archive footage) |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Self (archive footage) |
| Vilgot Sjöman | Self (archive footage) |
| King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden | Self (archive footage) |
| Ingvar Boman | Self |
| Mona Sahlin | Self |
| Håkan Isacson | Self (archive footage) |
| Tage Danielsson | Self (archive footage) |
| Thorbjörn Fälldin | Self (archive footage) |
| Claire Wikholm | Self |
| Desmond Tutu | Self |
| Anna Lindh | Self (archive footage) |
| Pierre Schori | |
| Harry Schein | Self (archive footage) |
| Astrid Lindgren | Self (archive footage) |
| Antonia Ax:son Johnson | Self (archive footage) |
| Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) |
| Ingrid Thulin | Self (archive footage) |
| Sven Aspling | Self (archive footage) |
| Margaret Thatcher | Self (archive footage) |
| Ingmar Bergman | Self (archive footage) |
| Gösta Bohman | Self (archive footage) |
| Harald Edelstam | Self (archive footage) |
| George Harrison | Self (archive footage) |
| Paul McCartney | Self (archive footage) |
| John Lennon | Self (archive footage) |
| Ringo Starr | Self (archive footage) |
| Benny Andersson | Self (archive footage) |
| Björn Ulvaeus | Self (archive footage) |
| Anni-Frid Lyngstad | Self (archive footage) |
| Agnetha Fältskog | Self (archive footage) |
| Ronald Reagan | Self (archive footage) |
| Pete Seeger | Self (archive footage) |
| Barbra Streisand | Self (archive footage) |
| Max von Sydow | Self (archive footage) |
| Prince Bertil | Self (archive footage) |
| Yasser Arafat | Self (archive footage) |
| Jacqueline Kennedy | Self (archive footage) |
| Andreas Papandreou | Self (archive footage) |
| Mikhail Gorbachev | Self (archive footage) |
| Leonid Brezhnev | Self (archive footage) |
| Salvador Allende | Self (archive footage) |
| Fidel Castro | Self (archive footage) |
| Edward N. Luttwak | Self (archive footage) |
| Daniel Ortega | Self (archive footage) |
| Cora Weiss | Self (archive footage) |
| Mauno Koivisto | Self (archive footage) |
| Rolf Ekman | Self (archive footage) |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Palme |
| Original language | svenska (SV) |
| Spoken languages | English, Français, Español, svenska |
| Production countries | Sweden |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | B-Reel Films, SVT, Film i Väst, Nordisk Film TV, Svenska Filminstitutet |
| Release date | 14 settembre 2012 |
| Production | Fredrik Heinig, Mattias Nohrborg |
| Writer | Kristina Lindström, Maud Nycander |
| Editing | Andreas Jonsson Hay, Nils Pagh Andersen, Hanna Lejonqvist |
| Cinematography | Magnus Berg, Anders Bohman |
| Assistant directors | Kristina Lindström, Maud Nycander |
| Music | Benny Andersson |
| Sound | Benny Andersson |
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