Directed by:
Per FlyCinematography:
John Christian RosenlundComposer:
Raymond EnoksenCast:
Mikael Persbrandt, Francis Chouler, Cian Barry, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Colin Salmon, Richard Brake, Sara Soulié, Thure Lindhardt, Michael D. Xavier (more)Plots(1)
“In our age, the road to holiness necessarily passes through the world of action”. So wrote the revered Swedish statesman Dag Hammarskjöld in "Markings", his private journal of poems and thoughts published posthumously. In his period as Secretary General of the United Nations, Hammarskjöld made extraordinary progress in defusing global conflicts and, particularly, combating colonialism. This path, which he defended tenaciously, won him many enemies. When renewed trouble broke out in the Congo, Hammarskjöld felt compelled to organise a quasi-secret peacekeeping force, placing even his UN position in question. Hammarskjöld was not merely a solitary person, but also an enigmatic one. Biographers continue to argue over the facts of his life and psychology, but director Per Fly takes a definite stance on his subject. As powerfully portrayed by Mikael Persbrandt, Hammarskjöld is someone who denied his gay sexuality partly because of an almost religious commitment to his political role and the personal sacrifice it demanded. Likewise, this gripping biopic does not equivocate on the still disputed matter of Hammarskjöld’s tragic death in a plane crash. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Mikael Persbrandt
Sweden
Best movies:
The Kingdom (1994) (series)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
In a Better World (2010)
Francis Chouler
Best movies:
Eye in the Sky (2015)
Dredd (2012)
The Mauritanian (2021)
Cian Barry
Best movies:
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
Man and Boy (2002) (TV movie)
Hakeem Kae-Kazim
Nigeria
Best movies:
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
Roots (2016) (series)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
Colin Salmon
UK
Best movies:
Prime Suspect 2 (1992) (TV movie)
Match Point (2005)
Nobody (2021)
Richard Brake
UK
Best movies:
Batman Begins (2005)
Cold Mountain (2003)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Sara Soulié
Denmark
Best movies:
Tove (2020)
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
Thure Lindhardt
Denmark
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
Angels in Fast Motion (2005)
Michael D. Xavier
UK
Best movies:
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
The Chelsea Detective (2022) (series)
A Paris Romance (2019) (TV movie)
Mattias Nordkvist
Best movies:
Raspberry Boat Refugee (2014)
Happy End (2011)
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
Sven Ahlström
Sweden
Best movies:
Let's Play House (2003)
Sound of Noise (2010)
Stockholm Stories (2013)
Bjorn Steinbach
South Africa
Best movies:
Invictus (2009)
Saints & Strangers (2015) (TV movie)
Black Beauty (2020)
Brian Caspe
USA
Best movies:
The Martian (2015)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
Sean Duggan
Best movies:
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Death of a Superhero (2011)
Killing Bono (2011)
Vasiliy Mishchenko
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Deja vu (1990)
Squadron (1992)
The Last Frontier (2020)
Caspar Phillipson
Denmark
Best movies:
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
Summer of '92 (2015)
Itsi Bitsi (2014)
Christophe Guybet
France
Best movies:
Le Pari (1997)
The Thirst for Gold (1993)
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
Urs Rechn
Germany
Best movies:
Run Boy Run (2013)
Eight Miles High! (2007)
Son of Saul (2015)
Christian Hillborg
Sweden
Best movies:
Easy Money (2010)
Games People Play (2020)
Another Mother's Son (2017)
Sanna Sundqvist
Best movies:
Hammarskjöld – Fight For Peace (2023)
Thank You, I'm Sorry (2023)
Call Mom! (2019)