Loading Page
ABBA: How They Won Eurovision(2024)
Status: Released
Date: 2024-04-13
0%
0 Votes
Time: 0h 45m
The extraordinary story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.
Overview:
Celebrating 50 years since ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo, through the extraordinary and entertaining story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: ABBA: How They Won Eurovision
Top 10 Billed Cast
Cheryl Baker
Self
Nicki Chapman
Self
Mariella Frostrup
Narrator
Claes af Geijerstam
Self
HomePage
Overview
Celebrating 50 years since ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo, through the extraordinary and entertaining story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.
Release Date
2024-04-13
Average
0
Rating:
0.0 startsTagline
The extraordinary story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.
Genres
Languages:
EnglishKeywords
Similar Movies
72%
Celine Dion: Rise of a Diva(fr)
2024-05-10
In 1988, 20-year-old Céline Dion won Eurovision for Switzerland with the song ‘Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi’, a moment that kickstarted her international career and propelled the young Celine to world fame. This documentary looks back through the archives at an event that changed the Quebec singer's life, with interviews from the song’s composer as well as from Scott Fitzgerald, the British singer who was runner up at Eurovision 1988, beaten by just one point.
100%
Chess på svenska: The musical that came home(sv)
2003-11-12
A film about Chess - from reading to first night
70%
Eurovision at 60(en)
2015-05-25
Hosts and competitors tell the behind-the-scenes story of 60 years of Eurovision, the greatest and maddest song contest on earth.
66%
ABBA: The Movie(en)
1977-12-15
A radio DJ in pursuit of an exclusive interview follows ABBA during their mega-successful tour of Australia.
44%
The Apple(en)
1980-11-21
In a pseudo-futuristic 1994, a square couple enter the corrupt world of the music industry, and subsequently a maze of drugs, sex, and temptation.
67%
Sounds Like Teen Spirit(en)
2009-05-08
A 2008 documentary and debut feature film of Bafta-Award nominated director Jamie Jay Johnson. It follows the lives of the participants of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2007, specifically the entrants from Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Georgia. The film sees them proceed from the national finals that saw them crowned the representatives of their country through to the international song festival itself held in Rotterdam, the Netherlands where they each compete against 16 other acts.
83%
ABBA Forever: A Celebration(en)
2019-10-13
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.
64%
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga(en)
2020-06-26
Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
90%
A Song Called Hate(en)
2021-06-17
The pro-Palestinian, anti-capitalist, BDSM-provocative, techno-punk performance art ensemble Hatari unsurprisingly drew attention to themselves with their performance at the Icelandic qualifiers for the Eurovision Song Contest. So much so that they won and therefore were allowed to perform at the main event in Tel Aviv. But what now? Should they boycott the event, swallow their idealism, or use their airtime to criticise the host country for their illegal occupation of Palestine? The Icelandic director Anna Hildur joins the boys in the band all the way to the fateful final.
70%
ABBA: Against the Odds(en)
2024-03-23
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.
0%
Rise Like A Phoenix(en)
2023-07-14
Eurovision aka the Gay World Cup. A poetic documentary about Eurovision Song Contest fans. The film hears the intimate testimonies of what the contest means to them.
64%
Take a Chance(sv)
2023-05-19
Gert van der Graaf, an infamous stalker, reveals how his childhood crush on Abba superstar Agnetha Fältskog turned into an obsession that shaped the rest of his life, thus showing how compulsive fandom can become criminal obsession.
60%
En un mundo nuevo(es)
1972-01-01
Karina arrives to a mansion to work as a governess of a group of singing children. She must take care of their education, and she decides to use music to teach them. Meanwhile, the record company where the children work is busy with another project. Their biggest star, Marta, is getting ready a song to represent Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest 1971. Carlos, the composer of the song, titled "En un mundo nuevo" ("In a new world") meets Karina in the mansion and starts feeling affection to the girl, something Marta, who is Carlos' girlfriend doesn't like at all. She is also jealous of Karina for her musical abilities, and when one day Marta catches Karina with Carlos singing a song composed for the governess, she gives him an ultimatum, if Karina doesn't leave the mansion at once, she will break her contract with the record company and won't sing "En un mundo nuevo" in the Eurovision Song Contest...
20%
The A-Z of Eurovision(en)
2020-05-16
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.
0%
Eurovision: Everyone’s a Winner(en)
2023-05-12
From Liverpool's world-famous waterfront, Fleur East presents a special Top 20 Eurovision Countdown - songs that missed out on the big prize but still went on to become monster hits. Compiled by combining worldwide online streaming and viewing figures, Fleur reveals the Eurovision entries watched and listened to in their millions.
0%
Catchpenny Twist(en)
1977-12-05
Roy and Martyn want to write the next Irish winner for the Eurovision Song Contest. So who thinks they are working for British Army Intelligence? And why has someone sent them two bullets through the post?
63%
The Secret History of Eurovision(en)
2011-04-30
A television documentary charting the history of the Eurovision Song Contest and its impact on European political and social structure.