Palme's Secret Agent

Movie·2015·0h 55m

Palme's Secret Agent

Sweden's war against apartheid

Language

English

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// overview

The Story

Original title: Palmes hemliga agent

At the height of the cold war a struggle broke out between Governments from all over the world as to which position to take about the system of apartheid in South Africa. Leading the fight was Olof Palmes' Swedish Government, which covertly funneled over US$ 1 billion to the resistance movement. This money was given without the knowledge of either the Parliament or the Swedish populace. At the center of the net in South Africa was a Swedish diplomat called Birgitta Karlström Dorph. Meanwhile at the UN the Swedes with their Scandinavian counterparts attempted to win the argument for economic sanctions. This led to bitter arguments which saw Palme leading the fight against the Reagan and Thatcher administrations.

Producer

Erik Pauser, Dylan Williams

Editor

Matthew D'Arcy

Themes

swedensouth africaapartheidanti-apartheiddocumentaryhistoryswedish history

Production House

SVT

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// cast

Cast

Birgitta Karlström Dorph

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// crew

Crew

Erik Pauser

Director, Producer

Dylan Williams

Producer, Director

Bengt Nilsson

Director, Writer

Matthew D'Arcy

Director, Editor

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