Marta Balaga Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died in 1961.
But questions surrounding his tragic passing in a plane crash, and his sexuality, refuse to die down. “We know who he is, but we don’t know that much about him,” says director Per Fly, now bringing “Hammarskjöld – Fight for Peace” to the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
His journals “Markings,” published posthumously, provided a way in. “There he was, this powerful man, and yet his writings deal with loneliness and sacrifice.
There was a fragile poet inside of a politician.” With Beta Cinema on board, the film was produced by Patrick Ryborn for Unlimited Stories.
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