Olof Palme
Nacimiento : 1927-01-30, Stockholm, Sweden
Muerte : 1986-02-28
Historia
Olof Palme was a Swedish Social Democratic politician and statesman. A longtime protégé of Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Palme led the Swedish Social Democratic Party from 1969 until his assassination in 1986, and was a two-term Prime Minister of Sweden.
Himself (archive footage)
Hasse and Tage were best friends for over 30 years. Their films, shows, songs and books influenced an entire nation and were the glue that held people's home together. As a comedic duo, they united right-wing ghosts and anarchists in laughter. When Tage dies prematurely, his children lose a father, Hasse a father figure and all of Sweden a country father. And when Palme dies just months after Tage, the Swedish stable society begins to crumble. For the first time, the Alfredson and Danielsson families open up the archives and give us exclusive access to their stories, photographs and recordings.
The Swedish elementary and secondary school is one of the world's most market liberal. How did we get there? Who took those decisions? This is the story of how parts of the Swedish school system got outsourced.
Nacksving (1975-1981) - the influential and short-lived cooperative record company in Gothenburg, Sweden. The comprehensive and powerful multi-cultural socialistic music theatre project, Tältprojektet (1977). And the ANC Gala at the Scandinavium Arena in Gothenburg 1985. It is also a film about ideals, the left wing movement and political changes in Sweden during the 70's and the 80's. Following Nacksving's bankruptcy, the subsidiary record company Transmission and Nacksving Recording Studio continued.
About the murder of Olof Palme Feb. 28, 1986. Palme was a strong willed and maverick Swedish prime minister. He was idealistic in the extreme in that he believed he could defeat evil forces in the world by the power of his moral stance and the strength of his convictions. New and old suspects and theories surface in this film. Plus a fairly new informer, Ivan von Birchan.
Prime Minister
"The Brothel Scandal" - In 1977, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter (Daily News) published an article naming Sweden's former Attorney General Lennart Geijer as a threat to the security of Sweden. A shady story about teenage prostitution, concealing intimate sexual matters and political power takes off.
Olof Palme fue abatido abiertamente en una noche de febrero de 1986 en las calles de Estocolmo. En una noche, el país de Suecia fue transfigurado. "Palme" es sobre su vida, su tiempo, y sobre la Suecia que había creado. Sobre un hombre que alteró la historia.
About Lisbet Palme - the wife of Olof Palme - Prime Minister of Sweden - till the night of his murder Feb 28, 1986. Lisbet Palme is a prominent child psychologist. Her social commitment specially regarding women and children are widely known.
Self (archive footage)
A documentary about the film, I am Curious-Yellow (1967), and how it made it into the USA and changed film in USA forever by breaking the USA Obscenity Codes.
Narra la historia de Karl Koch, un hacker alemán conocido como Hagbard Celine, que en los años 80 vendió información al KGB en plena guerra fría. Sufría adicción por la cocaína y al que se le volaron los patos con el número 23 (tan recurrente en el cine y los paranoicos).En la historia se puede ver como el protagonista se relaciona con el Chaos Computer Club, el momento en el que decide escribir un troyano
"Land of Dreams" - When the daughter Johanna is born in 1983, Jan Troell tells the story about his childhood Sweden and how things were when he grow-up in the land of fairy tales and potential prosperity.
Self
Social democrate
About the question of whether we should proceed in developing and using nuclear power and the breakdown at Three Mile Island, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in March 28, 1979.
Documentary film about the protests against the 1968 Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Rhodesia, in Båstad, Sweden. In a series of interviews, demonstrators and members of the Swedish government give their views on sport, politics and civil disobedience.
Minister of Education
"The Invasion of the Student Union" - Stockholm, Sweden, May 24th. It all started as a regular student meeting, evolved into a mass-meeting and an invasion of the house, with all ended three days later. The students were primarily upset regarding a draft about a changed curriculum in higher education. They also pursued various political dogmas. The angry students called out for the responsible minister of the government. This happened to be Olof Palme. He arrived at the mass-meeting where he suffered much criticism.
Himself
La película es una mezcla entre ficción y documental en la que se nos muestra a una joven, Lena, que analiza la sociedad sueca de los años sesenta. Lena quiere comprender la sociedad en la que vive, sus contradicciones y sus cambios, y se esfuerza por obtener respuestas sobre todas las cosas. Hace preguntas a la gente de la calle, líderes sindicales y políticos sobre temas como la posición de Suecia ante la guerra del Vietnam o ante la dictadura de Franco, sobre la no-violencia o sobre el sistema de clases. Organiza demostraciones públicas y funda un instituto en su propia habitación con el único fin de encontrar respuestas a sus preguntas.
Self
Filmed during the first ever Guldbaggen awards it was edited and developed that night and shown for the first time to the guests at the after party.
