01 Jan 2006
The Three Failures
A fairy tale about communism, social-democracy, and capitalism. (The sequel to Wandering Marxwards)
Ett Satans År
Swedish documentary from 1977. The film is about the last starvation year in Sweden, the emergency year 1867 in Ångermanland. It is a story about people who are hurting, but also about efforts from the outside world to help the developing country Sweden out of the crisis. SVT's documentary filmmaker Olle Häger passed away in November 2014. We remember him by showing some of his appreciated films during the summer.
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Anders Svensson Nils Petter Wallgren
Hans Villius
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