Lockpojken (27 Jun. 1997)

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has ... See full summary »

Director:

Pelle Seth

Writers:

Rolf Börjlind (screenplay), Rolf Börjlind (story),

Stars:

Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Figge Norling

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Haber	...	Martin Beck
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Gunvald Larsson
Figge Norling	...	Benny Skacke
Stina Rautelin	...	Lena Klingström
Niklas Falk	...	Judge Lagerfeldt
Per Morberg	...	Joakim Wersén
Ingvar Hirdwall	...	Neighbour
Rebecka Hemse	...	Inger
Fredrik Ultvedt	...	Jens Loftsgård
Michael Nyqvist	...	John Banck
Anna Ulrika Ericsson	...	Yvonne Jäder
Peter Hüttner	...	Oljelund
Bo Höglund	...	Mats
Jan von Melen	...	Hasse Larsson
Mia Benson	...	Dist. Atty. Lindgren

Storyline

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...

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Plot Keywords:

police | internet | murder | mortuary | child murder | 

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Taglines:

Han vet att det har begåtts ett brutalt mord. Hans enda spår är en kodad adress på Internet från en man som kommer att mörda igen och igen...

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery

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Details

Country:

Sweden Germany Denmark Norway

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

27 June 1997 (Sweden)

Filming Locations:

Gröndal, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Box Office

Gross:

SEK 9,279,991 (Sweden) (2 January 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Degeto Film, Eurimages, FilmNet AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min 91 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Beck: Mannen utan ansikte (2001)

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Soundtracks

"On The Beach"
Performed by Honey Is Cool

User Reviews

Swedish Cop thriller

This movie is NOT bad, as the user ratings might indicate, but it isn't one of the best Beck™ movies either. I liked the older ones with Gösta Ekman a lot, they were brilliant, but this one seems a little sillier and more influenced by american Tv-series. This series of movies is about an old police officer called Martin Beck. The older ones were based on famous detective novels by Sjöwall & Wahlöö, but these newer ones are entirely made up. That can be a good thing or a bad thing, unfortunately, here it's a bad thing. This movie doesn't show any signs of the innovation and the originality of the older Beck-movies, but instead it offers a lot of clichéd characters and a predictable plot. This film's virtues are, of course, an exciting, entertaining and stylish direction by Pelle Seth. Too bad he doesn't get much depth into his characters. In the later Beck-movies, these characters develop and everything becomes better, so don't let this uneven cop thriller fool you.