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.

Genres

Cast

Jonas Fohlin

Narrator (voice)

Gunwer Bergkvist

Self

Povel Ramel

Self

Kari Sylwan

Self

Annalisa Ericson

Self

Louis Armstrong

Self (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman

Self (archive footage)

James Dean

Self (archive footage)