Palme (2012)

Directed by

Maud Nycander, Kristina Lindström

Genre

documentary film, biographical film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 43m

Rating

7.6 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary traces the life of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme from his childhood to his political career. It uses archival material and interviews to show who he was as a person and a leader.

informativereflectivepacedseriousnostalgicsoberingdetailedchronologicalpersonal

What happens

Palme is a Swedish documentary film from 2012 directed, and written by Maud Nycander and Kristina Lindström. The film is a biographical portrait of the former Prime Minister Olof Palme, and covers his life from childhood to the role as a leading figure of Swedish politics. It has been shown as a 103 minutes long feature film in the cinemas, and as a 175 minutes long TV-movie in three parts on SVT at Christmas and New Year the same year. At the 48th Guldbagge Awards, the film was nominated in three categories: Best Documentary Feature (Maud Nycander and Kristina Lindström), Best Editing (Andreas Jonsson, Hanna Lejonqvist and Niels Pagh Andersen) and Best Original Score (Benny Andersson). It won in the latter two categories. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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