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Palme

2012

103 minutes

Documentary

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Olof Palme headshot

Olof Palme

Self (archive footage)

Lisbeth Palme headshot

Lisbeth Palme

Self

Lennart Geijer headshot

Lennart Geijer

Self (archive footage)

Peter Bratt headshot

Peter Bratt

Self

Ingvar Carlsson headshot

Ingvar Carlsson

Self

Mårten Palme headshot

Mårten Palme

Tage Erlander headshot

Tage Erlander

Self (archive footage)

David Frost headshot

David Frost

Self (archive footage)

Catharina Palme headshot

Catharina Palme

Self

Richard Guston headshot

Richard Guston

Olof Ruin headshot

Olof Ruin

Lars Edelstam headshot

Lars Edelstam

Nikolai Bulganin headshot

Nikolai Bulganin

Self (archive footage)

Nikita Khrushchev headshot

Nikita Khrushchev

Self (archive footage)

Vyacheslav Molotov headshot

Vyacheslav Molotov

Jan O. Karlsson headshot

Jan O. Karlsson

Vilgot Sjöman headshot

Vilgot Sjöman

Self (archive footage)

Shirley MacLaine headshot

Shirley MacLaine

Francisco Franco headshot

Francisco Franco

Henry Kissinger headshot

Henry Kissinger

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden headshot

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Himself (archive footage)