The Kongo Veterans ( Kongoveteranerna )

The Kongo Veterans (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kongoveteranerna
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Sweden ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
58 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 2014 and produced in:
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Marika Griehsel

Written By:
Marika Griehsel

Synopsis:

It's been 50 years since the last Swedish troops dispatched to the Congo as part of a United Nations peacekeeping mission returned home. Now, many of them are breaking decades of silence in a new documentary that traces the UN mission and the lives of those involved. Marika Griehsel is the director of the documentary "Kongoveteranerna," or the Kongo Veterans. It tells the story of the more than 6,000 Swedes who served as peacekeepers during the four-year UN mission at a time when Sweden's Dag Hammarskjöld was UN Secretary General. In 1960, Congo was on the verge of independence and chaos. The Congolese army had rebelled against the nation's elected leadership and a mineral-rich province in the south had seceded. The Swedish peacekeepers were sent to ease the growing tension but many of them weren't ready for what happened. Within the first year, Swedish soldiers were killed in the Congo. A total of 19 Swedes died during the operation and dozens were wounded. And those returning to Sweden weren't given a warm welcome but told to keep quiet.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 25 January, 2019.

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