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Beck

  • TV Series
  • 1997– 1997–
  • TV-14TV-14
  • 1h 30m
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7.4/10
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Peter Haber and Kristofer Hivju in Beck (1997)
  • Crime
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  • Thriller
Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
5.2K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
499
590
  • Stars
    • Peter Haber
    • Ingvar Hirdwall
    • Rebecka Hemse
Top credits
  • Stars
    • Peter Haber
    • Ingvar Hirdwall
    • Rebecka Hemse
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 17User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 nominations

    Episodes46

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    Peter Haber
    Peter Haber
    • Martin Beckas Martin Beck
    46 episodes46 eps • 1997–2022
    Ingvar Hirdwall
    Ingvar Hirdwall
    • Grannenas Grannen
    46 episodes46 eps • 1997–2022
    Rebecka Hemse
    • Ingeras Inger…
    37 episodes37 eps • 1997–2022
    Mikael Persbrandt
    Mikael Persbrandt
    • Gunvald Larssonas Gunvald Larsson
    31 episodes31 eps • 1997–2016
    Måns Nathanaelson
    Måns Nathanaelson
    • Oskar Bergmanas Oskar Bergman
    30 episodes30 eps • 2006–2022
    Peter Hüttner
    • Oljelundas Oljelund
    22 episodes22 eps • 1997–2009
    Anna Asp
    Anna Asp
    • Jenny Bodénas Jenny Bodén
    20 episodes20 eps • 2015–2022
    Elmira Arikan
    Elmira Arikan
    • Ayda Çetinas Ayda Çetin…
    19 episodes19 eps • 2015–2022
    Jonas Karlsson
    Jonas Karlsson
    • Klas Fredénas Klas Fredén
    19 episodes19 eps • 2015–2022
    Åsa Karlin
    • Bergströmas Bergström…
    17 episodes17 eps • 2015–2022
    Stina Rautelin
    Stina Rautelin
    • Lena Klingströmas Lena Klingström
    16 episodes16 eps • 1997–2009
    Marie Göranzon
    Marie Göranzon
    • Margareta Obergas Margareta Oberg…
    16 episodes16 eps • 2001–2007
    Jennie Silfverhjelm
    • Alexandra Beijeras Alexandra Beijer…
    12 episodes12 eps • 2018–2022
    Bo Höglund
    • Servitörenas Servitören…
    12 episodes12 eps • 1997–2009
    Kristofer Hivju
    Kristofer Hivju
    • Steinar Hovlandas Steinar Hovland
    11 episodes11 eps • 2016–2022
    Per Morberg
    Per Morberg
    • Joakim Wersénas Joakim Wersén…
    9 episodes9 eps • 1997–2001
    Tommy Wättring
    • Vilhelmas Vilhelm…
    9 episodes9 eps • 2015–2021
    Martin Wallström
    Martin Wallström
    • Josef Erikssonas Josef Eriksson
    8 episodes8 eps • 2020–2022
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    Storyline

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    Commissioner Martin Beck and his eccentric partner Gunvald Larsson investigate murders in Stockholm, Sweden.
    • police officer
    • criminality in sweden
    • swedish police
    • swedish criminal
    • detective
    • 22 more
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    • Genres
      • Crime
      • Mystery
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • TV-14
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In Sweden, from where Beck originates, seasons 1-3 were released straight to video, except two films per season which premiered in theaters, just like the two of season 4. Season 5 was the first to premiere on TV.
    • Connections
      Featured in Tvennesnack: En båtkonjuktör (2022)

    User reviews17

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    Top review
    8/10
    An outstanding series
    After having exhausted, it seemed, the supply of British mystery/police-procedural series, I turned my attention to foreign (non-English-language) productions. If you are not averse to subtitles, you will find among foreign productions some outstanding series in this genre, and "Beck" is one of them.

    "Beck" – after "Wallander" and "Van Veeteren" – is the third Swedish-language police- procedural series I have watched, and it may be the best, which is high praise. I should qualify that by saying I have watched only the first 18 episodes of "Beck" (produced from 1997 to 2005), available in the USA as sets 1 through 6. Eight subsequent episodes have been produced and released on DVD, but not yet, as far as I can tell, with Region 1 encoding.

    "Beck," which aired as a Swedish TV series from 1997 to 2009, is based on the books of Mai Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö in which Inspector Martin Beck, the lead detective of a special homicide team of the Swedish police, was the central character. I gather that the team (in this series) is based in Stockholm, but the crimes they investigate are not limited to that city. Each episode is approximately 90 minutes in length and represents a complete case. I found the stories to be uniformly engrossing, and in several there were twists at the end that I did not see coming.

    Tying the episodes together is a cadre of well-cast, well-acted characters that appear in all, or nearly all, episodes, and other characters whose tenure spans fewer episodes. Three characters, who appear in all episodes, merit special mention: Beck: level-headed, insightful, possessed of more of an everyman quality than most leading characters (he reminded me of my junior high biology teacher); Gunvald, Beck's right-hand man: brash, swaggering, politically incorrect, tough – the iron fist in Beck's velvet glove; Grannen: Beck's wonderfully eccentric neighbor - he rarely failed to make me laugh.

    Note: As a result of having read a user review (on another site) that lauded the series but was critical of the quality of the video transfer, especially in light of the fact the reviewer considered the DVD sets to be pricey, I purchased just one set and was attentive to image quality when I watched the first episode. What I found was that the video transfer is not state of the art but neither is it bad. More importantly, it quickly ceased to be an issue as I was pulled into the series. And after I finished the first set, I purchased the remaining five.
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    • GilBlas
    • Mar 20, 2013

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    • Release date
      • April 25, 1998 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Sweden
    • Official sites
      • MHz Networks (United States)
      • TV4 (Sweden)
    • Language
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Комиссар Мартин Бек
    • Filming locations
      • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
    • Production company
      • Filmlance International AB
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 1.78 : 1
      • 16:9

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