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Why Was Olof Palme Killed?
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Why Was Olof Palme Killed?

1987-01-27 · 54 min · ★ 8.0

Mystery · Crime

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.

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Directors
Margarita Tyupkina
Production companies
Central Television USSR
Countries
Soviet Union
Status
Released

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Vyacheslav TikhonovVyacheslav Tikhonov
Oleg EfremovOleg Efremov
Vladimir PortnovVladimir Portnov
Ion UngureanuIon Ungureanu
Evgeniya UralovaEvgeniya Uralova
Olof PalmeOlof Palmeself/archive footage
Aleksandr Starostinneo-fascist

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