Why Was Olof Palme Killed? (1987)

8.0/10 • 54 min • Mystery Crime

Overview

From the cycle "Political Theater". The teleplay is built as a kind of investigation into the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, during which, unlike a criminal investigation, not the identity of the criminal is revealed, but the fate of Palme himself, his life principles, views, intentions and dreams.

Cast

Vyacheslav Tikhonov

Oleg Efremov

Vladimir Portnov

Ion Ungureanu

Evgeniya Uralova

Olof Palme

self/archive footage

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