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Mannen på taket (1976)
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April 1977 (USA) morePlot:
The police lieutenant Nyman is murdered in his hospital bed and Martin Beck and his colleagues have another murder to solve... more | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins moreUser Comments:
One of the all-time best Swedish action-movies moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt | ... | Martin Beck (as Carl Gustaf Lindstedt) | |
| Sven Wollter | ... | Lennart Kollberg | |
| Thomas Hellberg | ... | Gunvald Larsson | |
| Håkan Serner | ... | Einar Rönn | |
| Ingvar Hirdwall | ... | Åke Eriksson (as Ingvar Hirdvall) | |
| Bellan Roos | ... | Mrs. Eriksson | |
| Gus Dahlström | ... | Mr. Eriksson | |
| Harald Hamrell | ... | Stefan Nyman | |
| Birgitta Valberg | ... | Mrs. Nyman | |
| Carl-Axel Heiknert | ... | Palmon Harald Hult (as Carl Axel Heiknert) | |
| Torgny Anderberg | ... | Malm | |
| Folke Hjort | ... | Melander | |
| Eva Remaeus | ... | Mrs. Kollberg | |
| Gunnel Wadner | ... | Mrs. Beck |
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110 minCountry:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
MonoFun Stuff
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Bo Widerberg had seen The French Connection (1971) and wanted to make a Swedish equivalent of that film. moreGoofs:
Crew or equipment visible: The crane that suspends the helicopter can be seen briefly in the subway stairs shot. moreMovie Connections:
Featured in "100 höjdare: Tidernas på ett eller annat sätt mest spektakulära debuter (#3.2)" (????) moreSoundtrack:
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This film is still, 25 years later, probably one of the best action films ever made in Sweden. The almost documentary style of shooting, the superb naturalistic performances, gives the movie its immediacy and urgency (The editing of the helicopter sequence is absolutely superb) - the sense that this is actually happening, as opposed to the dreadful American actionmovie stylization that dominates Swedish film-making nowadays (Nolltolerans, Hassle-förgörarna, Hamilton, the list goes on). Swedish directors should take a long, hard look at this movie, and hopefully get a clue as to what works and makes a movie believable, instead of trying to emulate an American-type of movie-making.