"The next morning I helped him into his jacket kissed him on the cheek... - ...and he said "Everything will be all right"." ""We'll make it"." "And he drove off." "Then I heard the bang." "Like... an explosion." "And I called his mobile." "And there was no connection." "That scared me even more." "Because he never switched that phone off." "Then I hurried outside to my car." "I drove towards town." "I just followed him." "And there was his car." "And he was sitting in it." "And there were his bodyguards from the escort." "They shouted "His wife is coming!" ...They held me back." "All I wanted was to get to him." "And..." "And I asked "Is he dead?"" "And somebody said..." "I don't think he said anything." "He just went like this..." "I said "Let me go to him." "I've known him longer than you have."" "But they wouldn't let me." "Because..." "Condolences are flooding in from all over the world." "It is an attack on the very foundations   of a free and democratic society." "Let us observe a minute's silence   to show our respects for the memory of..." "Our party was having a meeting that morning." "And... we were all very quiet." "We couldn't get the meeting started." "We just looked at one another." "I thought he was a fool, and politically repulsive." "I completely disagreed with him." "But nobody has the right to deprive the electorate   of their right to elect their leader." "The right wing always wants martyrs." "I knew straight away that it would be the same in this case." "So I was angry for democracy's sake   but also because the extreme right   would now use this opportunity to gain ground." "What made a deep impression on me   was that it wasn't till after his death that people admired him." "But that's what democracies are like, too." "Prime minister assassinated" "Police looking for Fogh's killer" "This is where my brother was killed." "People who were on the platform   said he... he... fell down onto the track." "The police jumped down after him as he lay there." "They locked his legs and sat on top of him." "He was..." "That's how he suffocated." "Emil was an introvert." "Pensive... you never knew what he was thinking." "He kind of made you feel   that all the stuff you'd come to believe about your personality   and all the times you'd screwed up sort of didn't really matter." "A lot of people sew "A"s on their sleeves   or typex them onto the backs of their leatherjackets." "But he was a fucking anarchist." "He refused to have anything to do with the state." "Of course Emil was..." "well, we found him." "We were living in Nuuk and visiting the East coast." "We arrived at a settlement on Scoresbysund." "Emil had been more or less left to his own devices." "His parents were geologists." "They'd gone off on an expedition." "They had probably been caught in a blizzard." "They never came back." "When his parents were away Emil had been looked after by an Inuit woman." "Like many others there she had succumbed to the bottle." "It was completely out of control." "That's how Emil had been living through the winter   until the settlement became accessible to the authorities again." "It could have been five months." "And for much of that time Emil had..." "They literally were lying in their own shit." "We got in touch with social services to see if he had any relatives." "It turned out... that he didn't." "We became a new family." "All of a sudden I had a brother." "Emil." "And I loved him." "It was as if he had always been there." "We are gathered together in memory of our old friend,   a good, decent man tragically murdered   by a derranged left-wing terrorist." "His memory reminds us   of what he stood for and fought for:" "Honesty, respect, and democracy." "We are celebrating his memory not only here but across the country." "We remember him as a man who lived for all our sakes,   and whom we all regard as... an example." "As a troop leader he inspired great respect." "He was highly energetic." "Very ambitious, even then." "A good friend, always kind and friendly." "Definitely." "Anybody who worked closely with Anders   as head of government   as CEO of Denmark PLC,   will agree that he was an incredibly inspiring leader." "I agreed to work for Anders Fogh   because I saw in him a politician who'd realized what it would take   to gain and stay in power." "There is no doubt   that Anders Fogh was a resolute ideologist   with definite views on the way society should work." "But he was just as much of a pragmatist." "Cut away dead wood." "See what's wrong with things." "Define new goals and visions." "Implement them." "That takes strength and courage." "The courage to shrug off the familiar sets of values   that make us feel safe   and to move on." "Anders Fogh Rasmussen could do these things." "He had the strength and courage." "He had the visions." "His home teacher at school thought him very musical." "He said "Your son possesses a rare talent"." ""He may go far; become a conductor, perhaps." So we bought him a piano." "He had his own world." "He had another life which we didn't understand." "Especially not mum and dad." "After high school I put it to him straight." ""What is going to become of you?"" ""What are you going to do?"" "I just didn't think it was any good   doing what he did ...just drifting." "Youth house" "Youth house" "When we were playing he just..." "zapped right out of it." "He'd just stand there." "He played well, right?" "He just stood there in his own little world." "You couldn't help liking him a real lot." "When he wasn't too out of it on drugs or booze he played just great." "He had something in him, right?" "When he was called up for national service " " I said "You're musical"." ""Use the opportunities the army presents"." ""Join the Royal Guards"." "I thought that was the path he ought to follow." "He slipped farther and farther away from us." "And all we could do was leave him alone." "He became a conscientious objector." "Of course that caused a bit of... friction." "We were sure we were going to get out there and... conquer the world." "But we drank like fish." "Everyone did." "We could play too but we were very restless, specially Emil." "But I reckon we'd have made it big." "Well, we were big." "In our own little world." "It was at a high school prom." "I hadn't noticed him." "Not like that." "Earlier." "But then the music started." "He asked me to dance." "And we danced." "He danced... wonderfully." "With complete freedom." "We danced cheek to cheek." "And I melted completely ...in his arms." "I fell in love with him." "Anders Fogh Rasmussen entered parliament in 1974 at the age of 24." "He was 32 when the party conference elected him as vice-chairman in 1985." "I am looking forward to being on the team." "The new minister of taxation:" "Anders Fogh Rasmussen." "I was actually slightly concerned." "He was young for a boss   and I was to be his secretary." "But he turned out to be considerate, humble, and charming." "He was a charismatic personality." "You knew he meant what he said." "He did have a wicked little smile as well, but he really came across." "He was controversial, admired, and hated, both things simultaneously." "But in my view, a decent human being." "He defended his views in the proper way." "He was intellectual." "On top of all that he was gay, as everyone knew." "It was a... it was an exclusive little event at the club house." "It was over there in those days." "I knew who he was;" "I'd been following the case like everyone else." "The tax thing." "But he didn't refer to it, and nor did I." "Getting on for midnight   he and I were suddenly the only people left." "The staff were clearing up." "He went to the bar   and ordered a whole bottle of whisky." "Then he asked me if I'd like to show him my boat." "Of course I did." "That was the first time he came aboard." "We chatted away all night." "When the sun rose the bottle was empty." "He skirted around the tax thing a lot." "He pretended it didn't bother him but it did." "Enough is enough." "For weeks there has been a campaign casting doubt on my probity." "I feel defenceless." "It was a petty matter of whether a cut of 35 million kroner,   a drop in the ocean compared to the other cuts they'd made,   should figure for one year or the next." "The minister of taxation has misinformed parliament." "This clearly contravenes the legislation on ministerial propriety." "He had been a thorn in the flesh of lots of parliamentarians for ages." "He wasn't exactly famous for his kid gloves." "Now they had a chance." "We have informed the prime minister   that we think the minister of taxation should resign." "I don't think the inquiry and its conclusions   justify such a campaign against the minister." "It is a witch hunt started for other reasons." "I am going to inform the PM of my decision." " Will the government resign?" " No comment." "Your party says that it may abandon the coalition..." "There'll be other occasions to talk about that." "He said "I don't want to be the one   to destroy ten years of conservative government"." ""No matter what, I don't want that on my conscience"." "It was a very difficult decision." "I am aware that a parliamentary majority   wants me to resign." "I believe the right thing to do   is to tell the PM that I am resigning from the cabinet..." "This poster is from Emil's time as a squatter." "We're staying put!" "The photo was taken outside Police Headquarters." "That's Emil..." "He isn't wearing very much." "Emil showed up at the squat where I was living." "He asked if he could move in." "He was known as an alco-punk." "So there was a bit of an argument at the house meeting." "People weren't sure they wanted an alco-punk in our collective." "But of course he was allowed in." "At first it wasn't overly political." "We just enjoyed ourselves." "We played some music and had a few bonfires." "There were girls and fun." "We minded our own business." "It was a wild time." "We tried out everything." "We hitched around and partied seven days a week." "It was great." "We just wanted somewhere to live   where the adults had no say." "We wanted the right to be different." "Won't anyone tell us what's happening?" "Hey, man, they're attacking, man." "Out!" " Out!" "Now!" " Out!" "It was a fucking war they were waging against us, right?" "We weren't having any of it." "So we fought back." "We had to defend ourselves, right?" "And Emil..." "Emil certainly wasn't going to turn the other cheek." "Nørrebro at war" "We cannot guarantee your safety." "If you tried to fight back   or do anything in retaliation   they took you down the station and handcuffed you   and you could fall down a long staircase head first." "You could choose, right?" "But Emil..." "It was obvious that he didn't give a shit." "He just went on yelling at them." "At the station, in the cell." "In the end they beat him up." "And he kept on yelling   "Are you happy now, you fat poofs?"" "But they really smashed him up." "I asked the duty sergeant   "How come my son looks like this?"" "He gave me a long palaver   about Emil resisting arrest." ""He fell on his way into the cell"." "Etc." "Even if you fall 100 times you don't look like that." "But there was nothing..." "absolutely nothing we could do." "At first I didn't know where he made his money; but he had enough,   and he had big, cool premises which he rented." "Plus of course..." "Of course some of the band were a bit uptight   about gay stuff like that, right?" "I knew he was seeing others." "Men, too." "Of course it was through his ...the work he did." "I sold sex." "And if I did SM I could use a whip or a belt,   but I didn't stick pins in people or burn them." "Or shit on them or piss on them." "But Emil did." "And..." "He also cast people in concrete." "People who wanted concrete." "Emil saw one of my very first Super 8 experiments   just after I'd moved to Copenhagen   and acquired my gorgeous Bauer Super 8 camera." "I wanted to do some slow motion experiments   and went out to the docks." "The sun was shining;" "I was alone." "What was I to shoot in slow motion?" "Obviously I had to   shoot an ejaculation." "So I shot myself, and just as I came a tanker sailed by." "And when Emil saw it he got hold of me." "Emil was an artist." "And he started exploring making videos." "If you can do something   that you really think is disgusting   but even so it turns you on, now, that's fascinating." "And it was." "It wasn't just a laugh." "It's good." "Hey, Emil, look!" "He wanted me to help him to install a camera and stuff." "I didn't think it was exactly OK." "Not everyone knew they were on tape." "It was election night." "I'd been watching with the children." "It hadn't gone well." "Anders got home." "He said "Uffe has resigned and is retiring from politics"." ""They want me to stand for the party leadership; what do you think?"" "Anders Fogh Rasmussen." "I told him to follow his heart." "Do what he wanted." "A good father has to provide an example." "He has to be there for you." "Dad was all of that." "And Jonas's suicide dad couldn't have done a thing." "It was a very difficult time." "Of course we gave each other all the support we could." "It brought us closer than ever." "It was Anders who found him." "Of course it shook him." "What is worse than losing a child?" "And he had just been through this unpleasant tax affair, which..." "He was just finding his feet again, and then this..." "I conducted his son's funeral, and so it was only natural that he confided in me." "We became friends." "I think Anders sought the explanation in his own failings as a father   which was quite wrong;" "there were no such failings." "But the thought was a nightmare." "He felt it was his fault." "He couldn't forgive himself." "But it was nobody's fault." "Nobody's." "I advised him to project his pain and loss into something constructive." "His work, for example." "We made up a select circle with private get-togethers here." "He became part of it." "There was a guy we called The Sailor." "When he started coming to the club   he was really unhappy." "It turned out later   that it was because his son had committed suicide." "But then he met Emil." "And they grew really fond of each other." "He became happier, more affectionate." "He was very much in love." "The man he started seeing was very much in control and had control of his life." "He suddenly became really happy." "Really happy." "All of a sudden Emil was in love." "Head over heels." "He began talking   about moving in with him and getting a big flat..." "The Sailor was a kind of father to Emil." "Emil found something he'd been looking for." "Something had happened and I didn't want to probe." "None of us did." "He was happy and that was enough for us." "But something had happened." "They were both highly political   and this passion led to loads of arguments." "Although they drove each other up the wall it led to various things." "Emil left the squatter movement." "Anders became much more receptive to to thinking about the world." "He started showing an interest in the Third World." "Obviously influenced by Emil." "It was a fertile relationship even if it was turbulent." "Time for Change" "The chanting continues... they've rehearsed the shouts of "Anders!"" "It isjust like a soccer international..." "Anders, Anders, Anders..." "The Sailor made a career breakthrough   and dumped Emil in pursuit of his career." "It shattered Emil." "Emil couldn't grasp it." "And the result was that his whole world collapsed." "The Sailor kept coming to the club after he'd dumped Emil." "We were together a few times and we talked about their relationship." "And about why it had broken down." "The Sailor still loved Emil terribly." "He was terribly upset at having to dump him and that Emil was upset." "You might say Emil didn't look after himself." "And nobody looked after Emil." "It really got him down." "It was really sad." "Men are like that; when their hearts break they really go down the tubes." "If you drink like that, something is bothering you." "You don't party you don't celebrate five weeks on the trot, right?" "I thought "OK, if you are so desperate, go to Holland"." ""They want somebody self-destructive   who wants to burn himself to death"." "He came back from Holland and felt "much better"." "The love he had for him turned to hatred." "He was angry and hated him so much that he threatened him." "He had some videotape   he'd shot using a concealed camera." "He threatened to publish it." "Of course he shouldn't have done that." "DEATH THREATS" "DEATH THREATS" "That wasn't what Emil was really aiming for." "He wanted to get at that man." "To hurt him." "He really suffered for that." "They were on his back." "And he was sent to prison for years." "They kept him in solitary confinement during the trial." "And even after he'd been sentenced he was mainly in solitary." "In fact it made him ill." "I told him, "Emil, it's your own life"." ""I want you to know that even if I and your mother don't understand it, we're behind you no matter what"." "In the end he went on hunger strike   because it wasn't right for them to keep someone in solitary like that." "But all that happened was that they force-fed him." "I saw him..." "He looked like..." "He said "I don't care." "Do whatever you want to me, I don't care"." "Denmark is now at war with Iraq." "Two hours ago   a narrow majority adopted the government proposal   for active participation in disarming Saddam Hussein." "It's been said that it was a crime   for dad to decide to send Denmark to war with Iraq." "But you have to admit that in retrospect   it has been really positive for the population of Iraq   that dad helped to remove Saddam Hussein." "Dad knew the dangers   and the risk." "To Denmark and also to himself." "You have blood on your hands." "It made everyone think." "Obviously." "It needn't have been paint." "It could have been acid." "If you can throw paint   at a prime minister or foreign secretary   you can knife him or shoot him, too." "They wanted to increase security." "But he refused." "His contacts with the man in the street would have been minimal." "He wouldn't have any freedom of movement any more." "He said,   "If the alternative is to be locked up like a bird in a cage " " I'd rather take the risk"." "When Emil was released from prison   he couldn't cope with people on the street." "So he stayed indoors at my place for a couple of months." "When he was released he'd changed completely." "He was more politically conscious than ever." "He joined the anti-globalization movement." "And he wanted to make a political film that would change the world." "The summit in December 2002 was a triumph." "The EU expansion meant the end of half a century   of the political and economic division of Europe." "It was an extraordinarily hectic process." "But people probably didn't realize   that the greatest stumbling block was the prime minister himself." "Not even the tiniest decision could be made without him." "It was a problem." "But of course once it was all over he could take the platform   and look like the statesman he so terribly wanted to resemble." "The first time I met Emil   was when we were organizing the anti-summit demo." "He said he wanted to make a film about it." "It was about a young man   who'd been stressed and pressurized by the system and the police   into becoming a terrorist." "The whole idea of his project chimed with what we were into." "Anti-globalization, surveillance society,   the exclusion of grass roots movements..." "He'd shot footage of everything." "Demonstrations, Youth House..." "Really good stuff to put into the film." "Now he needed some money." "I had to tell him that you didn't make films that way in Denmark." "You needed to get the Danish Film Institute involved." "That system." "I don't know if he ever really understood; but we applied." "THE TERRORIST Application for DFI funding." "Director:" "Emil K." "And we received this letter." "Here we've got the letter." ""Re:" "The Terrorist." "Dear blah, blah, blah..."" ""I am unable to grant you funds   because your story lacks credibility."" ""In my view it is vulgar."" ""A plot must make you feel   that it could actually take place." "And I don't feel that."" ""Yours faithfully, blah, blah, blah."" "And that was the end of that." "To him it was the same as them denying his existence." "The film was autobiographical." "He was really angry." "I think he really wanted   to do the things he did in the film." "He took it very much to heart." "He began saying he'd show them all right and..." "He got more and more extreme." "In the end   he started saying he'd kill people." "By then we'd had enough of him." "It was during the summit." "He was having dinner with European leaders." "There was a commotion outside." "Security informed him   that an African envoy insisted on talking to him   but that they'd sent him away." "For some reason he told them to fetch this man." "Anders left the dinner, to everyone's confusion." "He talked to the African envoy for three quarters of an hour." "Meanwhile the ministers didn't know   whether to proceed to the next course or to wait." "His encounter with the African envoy made a huge impression." "He took it personally because he grew up in hardship:" "The fact that no matter how hard they toiled   they could never work their way out of poverty." "It made an indelible impression:" "The liberalism he had fought for   was the cause of hunger and poverty in the Third World." "He confided in me   that he'd either have to retire or change things from within." "And from that moment nothing was the same again." "Extraordinary efforts are required." "We are right to give Africa priority." "Africa risks becoming the lost continent." "The national executive were at the PM's country residence." "The mood was good." "We'd just had an exquisite dinner." "Then Anders detonated his bomb." "The man we'd been following through thick and thin." "The man we'd trusted implicitly." "He began talking about the injustice of the global economy,   tarif barriers aimed at Third World countries,   the WTO as injustice." "Reading the statistics at home is very different from being here." "He couldn't just announce to the general public   that this was what he wanted now." "He'd need all his troops behind him to change anything." "To change the world:" "That was his goal." "No more, no less." "He called it the Fogh Rasmussen Plan." "Basically it was like the Marshall Plan." "It meant waiving third world debt, abolishing agricultural subsidies,   removing tarif barriers, and handing out free aids medicine   to every citizen of the world." "Anders implemented moves for which he had no authority." "Moneys transferred without any paperwork." "Large sums." "To banks in Africa." "I have no idea what the money was spent on." "Power corrupts." "We've seen many cases to prove it." "You must not get so carried away by your own successes   that you feel you can do anything." "In the end he went too far and turned into a dictator   who didn't think the rules applied to him." "Power becomes dangerous when you get addicted to it." "If you feel so powerful without being humble   but with the overweening conviction   that you can transgress the limits you are meant to remain within   you end up hooked on power like a junkie." "We convened Anders' old supporters to sort these things out." "Uffe." "Bertil Haarder." "But Anders couldn't have cared less." "The people   who'd worked for him and would have died for him   shunned him." "He found himself isolated." "It was a tough time." "Very tough." "He had to fight as he had never fought before." "He went to see European leaders." "He put his case." "Our conservative prime minister   was trying to unite the socialists of Europe   in a united front!" "Madness!" "At the foreign ministry there was..." "if not insurrection, then panic." "European leaders Anders had just visited   phoned our foreign minister in confusion." "Was this Denmark's official policy?" "It was embarrassing." "But Anders was a dab hand." "He still had his aura and status from the summit." "During that period his status was reminiscent of..." "Helmut Kohl." "And he used it." "Chirac, Blair, and Schröder   swallowed it hook, line, and sinker; it was a disaster." "Anders Fogh Rasmussen has done a remarkablejob, a superb one." "There can be no question of failure   and as President Rasmussen said earlier, it is an historic success." "It caused violent upheaval within the party." "There were crisis talks." "Without Anders, of course." "He was alone." "Completely alone." "He said that his own people would push him out and strip him of his power." "I asked him if he was pushing things through too quickly." "Perhaps he should wait." "He looked at me, and I'll never forget the look in his eyes." "He said "If even you are against me, I don't know if I want to go on"." "We were at Emil's ex girlfriend's." "Emil's mobile rang." "It was Anders." "He said he wanted him back." "That's when Emil lost the plot." "He yelled things like "If you phone again I'll kill you"." "He didn't mean it really;" "he was just angry." "I see why;" "the man had ruined his life." "He slammed the phone against the wall, totally fucked up." "We tried to calm him down but it was no good." "He was really out of it." "And I never saw him again." "I hadn't seen him for years." "He'd been to prison and all that." "But he turned up." "He said he'd gone underground." "He needed somewhere to stay." "We... had a lengthy discussion." "He said he wanted to do something   and he wanted me to be part of it, right?" "He said he knew where he could get weapons and stuff." "I told him, "Emil, you are out of your tree"." ""Nothing can justify killing another human being"." "He almost succeeded." "The morning he was killed   he was on his way to a meeting." "He called it "the World Congress"." "He had managed to convene decision-makers   from all the major industrial countries   people from the oil and pharmaceuticals giants   from the European National Bank." "They were waiting for "the equation" as he called it." "The equation showed that it would pay the industrial countries   to raise their foreign aid to at least 5%." "5% of the industrialized world's GNP." "Imagine that!" "That was the equation he had in his bag." "And it perished with him." "Police looking for Fogh's killer" "The last time we saw him   was while the police were looking for him." "He phoned me at work." "He wanted to see us." "We met in a lay-by." "At night." "He was scared." "We didn't ask him   about it while we were sitting in the car." "He..." "It seemed completely insignificant." "They issued a warrant for Emil's arrest straight away." "They said they had proof that Emil had done it." "And they caught him a couple of days later." "What took place at that railway station was an assassination." "Or an execution." "Because somebody high up in the system had something to hide." "The left wing claimed it looked like an execution." "But honestly:" "The man had just killed the country's prime minister." "It is not for me to say they should have done this or not done that." "I'm not going to act holier-than-thou and say it was wrong." "Politicians are demanding a new inquiry   now that new evidence has come to light." "Independent experts say the police suffocated the 29-year-old man." "This is very serious and we think a new inquiry is required." "This photo has cast renewed doubt on the official report   on how the man died while being pushed against the ground." "The attorney general said there was no sign of anything inappropriate." "So we need a new inquiry independent of the attorney general's office." "Our thorough internal inquiry confirms   that the officers were acting in self defence   and followed the rules." "The way I see it, " " Anders had become a threat to an awful lot of people." "I think..." "I know that he was the only person Emil ever loved." "So... so why would he kill him?" "At first I thought he'd done it, of course, but I don't believe it." "It all fits too perfectly." "He didn't do it." "The next morning I helped him into his jacket kissed him on the cheek as always and he looked at me and said "Everything will be all right"." ""We'll make it"." "And he drove off." "I think it is a very sad story." "Because I think that if they'd lived in a society   that could have accepted their love they'd have lived very happily together." "It was the love of their lives." "For both of them." "If that young man really did it, it doesn't lessen the tragedy." "On the contrary, when you consider what Anders was fighting for " " Anders was precisely the man you shouldn't have killed." "English subtitles Jonathan Sydenham"