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Stikkan

2024 · 59 min

A warm, nostalgic documentary that celebrates the unsung businessman behind a pop phenomenon, mixing archival clips and interviews into an affectionate portrait.

Directed by
Håkan Thörn
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog
Tagline
The Man in the Middle
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.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Håkan Thörn
Genres
Documentary, Music
Starring
Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • music
  • ambition
  • celebrity
  • work
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Håkan Thörn
Starring
Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Agnetha Fältskog, Fred Bronson, Jan Gradvall, Arne Gärdestad, Ted Gärdestad, Görel Hanser
Runtime
59 min
Country
Sweden
Languages
English, Swedish

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