Benny Andersson
Also Known As: ABBA, Göran Bror Benny Andersson
Biography: Benny Andersson (born 16 December 1946) is a Swedish musician, composer, member of the Swedish music group ABBA (1972–1982), and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!. For the 2008 film version of Mamma Mia! he worked also as an executive producer. Since 2001 he is active with his own band Benny Anderssons orkester.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Vällingby, Stockholm, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: December 16, 1946
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
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ABBA – Voyage | LIVE
Overview: A brand new album out November 5 and revolutionary concert coming to London Spring 2022. Listen to two brand new songs and pre-order the album from the official store for first access to tickets.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-02
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ABBA: New Beginnings
Overview: For ABBA fans the journey hasn’t ended! The Swedish supergroup – Agnetha, Anna-Frid, Bjorn and Benny are back with music that never grows old.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-06
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ABBA: In Concert
Overview: ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-31
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ABBA in Switzerland
Overview: ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-16
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Kristina från Duvemåla - en konsertresa till Minnesota
Overview: Documents the highlights of a concert version of the musical written by former ABBA members Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, performed in Minnesota. Based on a series of novels detailing a family's poverty-driven migration from Sweden to America in the mid-19th century, we also meet some of the descendants to the emigrants.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-25
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ABBA: Gracias por la música
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Genres: Music
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2014-11-10
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ABBA: The Movie
Overview: A radio DJ in pursuit of an exclusive interview follows ABBA during their mega-successful tour of Australia.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-15
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ABBA: In Their Own Words
Overview: Original interviews, rare archive footage and a lot of music, retelling the story of one of the most successful pop groups of all time.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-25
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You Do the Best You Can
Overview: Follows Roy Andersson around different film festivals as he tries to launch his new film "Songs from the Second Floor" mixed with interviews with family members and colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-01-09
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ABBA: The Definitive Collection
Overview: If you're an ABBA fan or just a fan of good music in general, this assortment of 35 music videos which spans ABBA's career from 1974's Waterloo to 1982's Under Attack is indeed definitive. Simply put, it's a fantastic collection of music and images that mostly focuses on the 1970's era of ABBA's career, because that's when they reigned supreme in their international pop music kingdom.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-15
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ABBA in Studio 2
Overview: ABBA performs (all to playback): Arrival (only about 1.5 minutes of it) Waterloo (over footage of preparations for, and ABBA's arrival at the airport) SOS Nina Pretty Ballerina (over footage of them on the steps of the plane and arriving at their hotel) Dancing Queen My Love my Life When I Kissed The Teacher Knowing Me Knowing You Fernando Tiger Money Money Money Fernando Agnetha had travelled ahead with her father the day before and then met Benny, Frida and Björn off the plane. She had filmed "SOS" the day before and it was interspersed with a rather embarrassed looking Benny, Frida & Björn "singing" on the plane! There is a short interview on the plane with mainly Benny, Björn and Stig.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-13
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ABBA Veronica Musicspecial
Overview: Musicspecial about ABBA. Broadcasting service Veronica looks back at the band's history and brings the recently released Movie to attention.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: nl
Release Date: 1977-08-31
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ABBA: The Winner Takes It All - The ABBA Story
Overview: The story of one of the greatest pop bands of all time, this programme features, for the first time, all four members talking about their lives before during and after ABBA. Included with extracts from the rehearsals and performances of the smash hit musical Mamma Mia!, based on the songs of ABBA, are all the big hits, concert footage and interviews with Bono, Malcolm McLaren, Pete Waterman, Tim Rice Bjorn Again and Steps!
Genres: Music Family Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-01
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Chess på svenska: The musical that came home
Overview: A film about Chess - from reading to first night
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-11-12
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Musikladen Live: The Very Best of ABBA
Overview: Comprising of two Musikladen performances (1976 and 1979), The Best of ABBA is a showcase for arguably the greatest musical group to hail from Sweden. Highlights: "Waterloo," "Dancing Queen," S.O.S.," Honey Honey" and more!
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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Ted - till minne av en popartist
Overview: A program about Ted Gärdestad and his music with archival images from his entire musical career and newly made interviews with people who have influenced and were influenced by Ted's music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-01-03
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Listen to the Music
Overview: Swedish-Canadian television special hosted by Swedish artist Ted Gärdestad and Canadian artist Lisa Hartt, where they presented artists and groups from their respective countries, sang some of their own songs and performed a couple of duets.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-18
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Agnetha: ABBA & After
Overview: Agnetha Fältskog’s extraordinary singing career began when she was only 15 years old. But in just two years she was knocking The Beatles off the top of the Swedish pop charts writing her own material. This new documentary features exclusive access to Agnetha in the studio and with her colleagues of both recent years and from ABBA, assessing and celebrating her journey as Sweden's 'girl with the golden hair'. This intimate and revealing programme features interviews with Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, Gary Barlow, Tony Blackburn, record producer Peter Nordahl, Jörgen Elofsson and Sir Tim Rice
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-06-09
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Made in Sweden - for export
Overview: Running order of guests: 1. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (opening credits) 2. ABBA - Mamma Mia 3. Merit Hemmingson 4. Sylvia Vrethammar 5. ABBA - I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 6. Björn Skifs 7. Lill Lindfors 8. ABBA - So Long 9. ABBA - Intermezzo No.1 (closing credits)
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-09
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ABBA: The Missing 40 Years
Overview: We reveal the secrets of ABBA's missing 40 years and uncover the rollercoaster story of what happened to the band members after going their separate ways in 1982.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-05-21
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ABBA In Japan
Overview: In November 1978, ABBA travelled to Japan for a 10-day promotional trip, the purpose of which was to "break" the group in a country which had so far resisted ABBA's charms, with the exception of the occasional medium-charting hit. In addition to gazillions of press and radio interviews, and television appearances, the main event of the visit was the taping of a television special devoted entirely to ABBA. The special featured ABBA performing no less than 14 songs, three of which were performed live with a full orchestra backing, resulting in unique arrangements never used before or since. The television special, simply entitled ABBA Special, was subsequently released on VHS and laser-disc.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-31
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ABBA: The History
Overview: A short documentary about the history of Swedish pop group ABBA, put together following the 25th anniversary of the group's 1974 Eurovision victory with the song "Waterloo".
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-01
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Abba: Rock Case Studies
Overview: The journey of ABBA, the Swedish super group consisting of two married couples whose rise on the charts met with the ultimate end of their marriages.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-17
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Magasinet Special: Chess 1984
Overview: A documentary about the recording of the CHESS concept album by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1984-11-08
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ABBA V Queen
Overview: Interviews from band members, producers and others comparing two iconic bands - ABBA and Queen.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-19
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Birthing Mamma Mia!
Overview: This short documentary is about the making of the 2008 film musical "Mamma Mia!".
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-31
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The Joy of ABBA
Overview: Combining European musical influences, perfect production and lyrics of love and loss, ABBA made us fall in love with the sound of Swedish melancholy. This documentary explores the music of ABBA and chronicles how they conquered both Sweden and Britain in the face of constant criticism.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-12
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Stikkan
Overview: It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. But of all who celebrated there on the stage in Brighton, perhaps the biggest rock star of them all wasn't even in the band, but was instead a gentleman in a suit and mustache: Stikkan Anderson.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-01-07
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ABBA: The Visitors
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Genres: Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2007-06-04
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The A-Z of Eurovision
Overview: Rylan Clark-Neal narrates a guide to all things Eurovision and takes a sideways look at the greatest singing contest on the planet. The A-Z of Eurovision features all the disasters, the costume changes and memorable musical moments from 65 years of Eurovision.
Genres: Documentary Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-05-16
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ABBA: Dancing Queen
Overview: The pop group Abba is one of Swedens biggest export success stories ever. But how did it all begin? And how was their unique style created, which made such an impact in it's time?
Genres: TV Movie Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-26
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Året var 1974
Overview: The year begins with an energy crisis and petrol rationing. And there will be parental insurance so that even fathers can stay at home with their children. Cleaners around Sweden are on strike for better conditions. Worry grows for the Swedish tourists in the holiday paradise of Cyprus. That and much more in this column about the year 1974.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-12-29
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Ainbusk - en vinterresa
Overview: Ainbusk Singers perform famous Christmas songs and guide us around their home island of Gotland in this documentary.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits
Overview: Swedish sensations ABBA perform their chart-topping hits in this compilation of 19 music videos. Songs include "Knowing Me, Knowing You," "Take a Chance on Me," Mamma Mia," "Super Trouper," "The Winner Takes It All," "SOS" and "Fernando." Among the other tracks are "Voulez-Vous," "Waterloo," "Chiquitita" and "Lay All Your Love On Me." A documentary about the band's history and a 1992 video of the band performing "Dancing Queen" are also included.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-09
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ABBA: 16 Hits
Overview: Collection of ABBA videos.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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Mr Trendsetter - Stikkan Anderson
Overview: A documentary about ABBA's manager Stikkan Anderson and the record label Polar Music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1975-12-03
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ABBA: Against the Odds
Overview: This year marks the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s iconic Eurovision victory, a milestone that calls for a celebratory cinematic tribute fitting for the ultimate pop band. ‘ABBA: Against the Odds’ unveils the epic journey of ABBA’s rise to global fame. Starting with the moment they won Eurovision, it tells the story of how they overcame critical backlash, societal attitudes and marital break-up to deliver their ground-breaking music and prove themselves as a live act.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-03-23
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Abba - The complete studio recording
Overview: Waterloo - Ring ring - Mamma mia - SOS - Bang-a-boomerang - I do, I do, I do, I do, I do - Fernando - Dancing queen - Money, money, money - Knowing me, knowing you - That's me - The name of the game - Take a chance on me - Eagle - One man, one woman - Thank you for the music - Summer night city - Chiquitita - Does your mother know - Voulez-vous - Gimme! gimme! gimme! - A man (after midnight) - On and on and on - The winner takes it all - Super trouper - Happy New Year - Lay all your love on me - When all is said and done - One of us - Head over heels - The day before you came - Under attack - Estoy soñando - Felicidad - No hay a quien culpar - Dancing Queen (1992 version)
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-11-07
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More ABBA at the BBC
Overview: As ABBA mark 50 years since winning the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, it's time to take another voyage into the archives for more of the Swedish supergroup’s best BBC moments.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-06
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ABBA: 50 Years of Pop
Overview: It's 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. To celebrate one of music's 'big bang' moments, the story of Swedish pop - from ABBA to Max Martin, Roxette Europe and Robyn.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-27
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ABBA - Vom Popwunder zu Avataren
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Original Language: de
Release Date: 2024-04-07
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Jag är inte beredd att dö än
Overview: Jag är inte beredd att dö än (I'm Not Yet Ready to Die) is a documentary that follows Laleh Pourkarim—one of Sweden's most celebrated musicians—over two years time. Laleh takes pains to maintain her privacy in spite of her popularity. This film is a rare opportunity for fans to glimpse her daily life, from her hometown of Hammarkullen to settings abroad.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2014-11-28
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ABBA: Words and Music
Overview: A TV special documentary made by CBS for the release of Super Trouper.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-17
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Det hender ikke meg
Overview: Interviews with Kjell who is a cancer patient, children who smoke and various celebrities on their views and experiences on smoking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: no
Release Date: 1979-01-17
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ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold
Overview: ABBA Silver, ABBA Gold takes Abba from the Swedish heats of the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest, where their song 'Waterloo' swept all before it, right up to today's new CGI performances.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-07-26
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Lycanthrope
Overview: A government agent and a team of commandos investigate an outpost deep in the Amazon jungle and discover a deadly, flesh-devouring monster.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-11
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ABBA in Pictures: The Photographer's Story
Overview: Documentary about ABBA and the photographers who worked with them.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-12-30
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ABBA - ABBA (DVD from Deluxe Edition)
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Genres: Music
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2015-04-16
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Super Troupers: Thirty Years of ABBA
Overview: Swedish supergroup Abba stars in this documentary that features extensive concert footage, television clips and current interviews. Songs include "Super Trooper," "Mamma Mia," "Eagle," Head Over Heels," "Take a Chance On Me," "One Man, One Woman," "Money, Money, Money," "The Winner Takes It All," "Happy New Year," "Knowing Me and Knowing You" and "Fernando." Also included is the finale from the gala performance of the stage show "Mamma Mia."
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-11
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Hagström: Everything in Music
Overview: "Hagström - Everything in Music" is a documentary about Albin Hagström who, based on his love of music, built an international empire with manufacturing accordions, guitars and amplifiers. Hagström started a variety of music stores, music schools, and published booklets. The headquarters were located in the small village of Älvdalen, Sweden, but already in the 1930s Hagström had a branch in the Rockerfeller Center in Manhattan. Among Hagström's customers and friends were Jimi Hendrix, Carl Jularbo, Frank Zappa, ABBA, Owe Thörnqvist. Larry Coryell and many others.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-04-23
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Josefin Nilsson - Love Me for Who I Am
Overview: Documentary about Swedish artist and actress Josefin Nilsson.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-03-22
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ABBA: The Essential Collection
Overview: A collection of music videos and promotional clips from the iconic 1970s Swedish pop band. Comprised of Agnetha Fältskog, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, ABBA are one of the most commercially successful bands in history, with their 1974 victory in the Eurovision Song Contest followed by a string of hit singles including 'Dancing Queen', 'Take a Chance On Me' and 'Knowing Me, Knowing You'. The collection includes all three songs as well as other memorable tracks such as 'Thank You for the Music', 'Waterloo' and 'Money, Money, Money'.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-02
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ABBA Forever: A Celebration
Overview: This definitive music documentary, featuring a greatest hits soundtrack and bounty of classic performance clips, provides an inside look into how Swedish pop group ABBA's music was made, as the former members and various colleagues tell their story from pre-ABBA days onward.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-13
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ABBA: Secrets of their Greatest Hits
Overview: We'll discover exactly what happened in the studio when they were recorded; what inspired them; the cultural and personal circumstances; and crucially, the drama that surrounded them as they were created.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-27
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Mamma Mia!
Overview: A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-07-03
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Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Overview: Five years after meeting her three fathers, Sophie Sheridan prepares to open her mother’s hotel. In 1979, young Donna Sheridan meets the men who each could be Sophie’s biological father.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-07-18
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ABBA-dabba-doo
Overview: This first documentary about the pop group ABBA was made around the time of the release of their fourth album 'Arrival'. It contains unique archive footage filmed at the secret location where they made the record, concert footage, specially made promotional videos, photos from the group members' private collection and interviews in Swedish with each of them: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Stig was also interviewed briefly and was shown playing and singing part of Tivedshambo on acoustic guitar.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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ABBA at the BBC
Overview: If you fancy an hour's worth of irresistible guilty pleasures from Anni-Frid, Benny, Bjorn and Agnetha, this is the programme for you. ABBA stormed the 1974 Eurovision song contest with their winning entry Waterloo, and this programme charts the meteoric rise of the band with some of their greatest performances at the BBC. It begins in 1974 with their first Top of the Pops appearance, and we even get to see the band entertaining holidaymakers in Torbay in a 1975 Seaside Special. There are many classic ABBA tunes from the 1979 BBC special ABBA in Switzerland, plus their final BBC appearance on the Late Late Breakfast show in 1982. This compilation is a must for all fans and includes great archive interviews, promos and performances of some of ABBA's classics including Waterloo, Dancing Queen, Does Your Mother Know, Thank You for the Music, SOS, Fernando, Chiquitita and many more.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-27
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En kväll med Benny Anderssons orkester
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-10-25
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O Melhor do Flash Back - 92 Clipes Para Recordar
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Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Året var 1975
Overview: This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-12-29
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Året var 1965
Overview: 1965 - The Rolling Stones is coming to Sweden - a little rougher and tougher than The Beatles who were here a few years earlier. And the fashion trend is spreading across Sweden - to the horror of many. The medium-strong beer will start to be sold in Sweden - in regular grocery stores. And at the end of the year Hasse och Tage's new feature film with Gösta Ekman in one of the main roles premieres. Tragedies strike: 10 Swedish youths die in an avalanche, a tunnel collapse in Stockholm causes suspense. American astronaut Ed White spacewalks after the Soviet Union's Aleksey Leonov. Hep Stars led by Svenne Hedlund dominate with three top-ten songs, including "Cadillac."
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-02-06
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Året var 1962
Overview: 1962 - the year when Anita Lindblom sings Sånt är livet on TV and the Swedish national ice hockey team wins gold in Colorado. Ursula Wirth and Ewy Rosqvist win Argentina's Gran Premio for standard cars in fierce competition. The Third World War almost breaks out - the Cuban Missile Crisis pits the superpowers the USA and the Soviet Union against each other. Leif Erik Nygårds is in New York and takes a picture of Marilyn Monroe, just a few weeks before she dies. Bobby Fischer plays chess in Stockholm and wins.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-01-08
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Retro Video Collection 1975-1999 vol1
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Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-09-13
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Palme
Overview: Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was openly shot to death on a February evening 1986 on the streets of Stockholm. In one night, the country of Sweden was transfigured. “Palme” is about his life, his time, and about the Sweden he had created. About a man who altered history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-14
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Dick Cavett Meets ABBA
Overview: This 1981 television special features the pop icons ABBA being interviewed by American television legend Dick Cavett. ABBA also took to the stage, performing nine songs in a so-called "mini-concert" at SVT Studios, Stockholm.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-09-12
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ABBA '80 Concert Tour in Japan
Overview: An insightful account of ABBA's tour of Japan in March 1980 showing them in between TV shows, press conferences and some of the concert itself. This documentary of ABBA's final concerts ever had been rumoured to exist for many, many years before its release in 2009 on the deluxe ABBA in Japan DVD set.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-03
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Det svenska schlagerkriget
Overview: After ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 Sweden was tasked with hosting it the next year. This documentary tells the story of that production and places it in the social and political context of Sweden in 1975 and a music scene that was anything but supportive of the endeavour.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-05-04
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