

Peter Bratt - En undersökare
2007-09-24 · 28 min · ★ 7.0
"Makten och sanningen" - depicts the Geijer-affair or the Brothel-affair in 1977 where journalist Peter Bratt was forced to publish an apology in the newspaper Dagens Nyheter even though it turned out that everything he had previously written in the case was true. The Swedish Minister of Justice Lennart Geijer was accused of using under age escort girls provided by the Madam Doris Hopp in Stockholm. Geijer denied the charges..
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- Birgitta Öhman
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- SVT
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- Sweden
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- Released
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Peter BrattSelf
Leif G.W. PerssonSelf
Staffan HeimersonSelf
Lennart GeijerSelf (archive footage)
Olof PalmeSelf (archive footage)
Doris HoppSelfTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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