Året var 1955 (2005)

Året var 1955

2005

Documentary History

Synopsis

1955 - the year when The rip hunter is buried in snow for eight days before his ski pole with a movie ticket is discovered. Ingrid Bergman gets bad reviews as Joan of Arc, and James Dean dies in a 185 km/h car crash. The knappupgänget, with Povel Ramel and Gunwer Bergkvist, go to Nairobi to shoot a film that will never be finished. Sweden votes no to right-hand traffic and the "Motbok" disappears in October. Charlie Norman writes film music and gets a job in the US, while Sigge Eriksson becomes a world figure skating champion in Moscow. Anita Ekberg visits after years in Hollywood and Louis Armstrong gives concerts in Stockholm. Luleå is building the world's first indoor shopping center, and Viggen Viggo is visible on the TV screen.

Credits

Director

Jan Lindenbaum

Jonas Fohlin

Kjell Tunegård

Olle Häger

Cast

Annalisa Ericson as Self

Charlie Norman as Self

Gunwer Bergkvist as Self

Ingrid Bergman as Self (archive footage)

James Dean as Self (archive footage)