Mads Brügger
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Mads Brügger is a Danish filmmaker and TV host.[1]
Career
Films
Mads Brügger's first two projects, the documentary series "Danes for Bush" and the feature "The Red Chapel", filmed in the United States and North Korea, respectively, are satirical looks at each of the two nations.
In October 2011, Brügger released a new documentary, "The Ambassador", about the trading of diplomatic titles in Africa. Brügger impersonated a Liberian ambassador by purchasing a new identity on the black market and then proceeded to expose the ease with which people holding diplomatic titles can exploit the gem trade.
As result of the revelations in the documentary, the government of Liberia took legal steps to prosecute Brügger and other people involved in the project, due to the embarrassment his work was perceived to have been caused to the nation. However, as of July 2012, the Danish government had not been presented with a formal demand for Brügger's extradition.
Brügger directed "Cold Case Hammarskjöld", which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[2] The documentary focuses on the death of UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in a 1961 plane crash.[3] In January 2019, Brügger reported on his findings in three articles published in The Guardian.[4]
In October 2020, Brügger's documentary "The Mole: Undercover in North Korea" was released, featuring a Danish chef going undercover in the Korean Friendship Association over the course of ten years, while trying to uncover the illicit arms and narcotics dealings of North Korea.
TV host
Brügger has hosted the talk show "Den 11. time" as well as the news program "Deadline" on the Danish TV channel DR2.[5]
Author
In 2022, Brügger authored an audiobook entitled "Doktor Maxwell, formoder jeg?" ("Doctor Maxwell, I presume?") which was narrated by Morten Rønnelund.[6]
- Keith Maxwell, a South African deep state operative, was the self-declared “commodore” of the South African Institute for Maritime Research (SAIMR).
- In a handwritten memoir that ended up with the family of an SAIMR veteran, Maxwell claimed SAIMR had brought down the plane in which UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed.[7]
Filmography
- Danes for Bush – documentary series (2004)
- The Red Chapel (2009)
- The Ambassador (2011)
- The Saint Bernard Syndicate (2018)
- Cold Case Hammarskjöld (2019)
- The Mole: Undercover in North Korea (2020)
References
- ↑ "The man with the yellow hat gone bad"
- ↑ "RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’"
- ↑ "Coups and murder: the sinister world of apartheid’s secret mercenaries"
- ↑ "Ex-mercenary claims South African group tried to spread Aids"
- ↑ "Mads Brügger ny Deadline-vært"
- ↑ "Dr Maxwell, I presume?"
- ↑ "World: Africa UN assassination plot denied"
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