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Two girls are hit by a train and killed instantly. Was it murder, or double-suicide? Martin Beck and his team must answer the question of whether the pressure and intimidation faced by ... See full summary »

Director:

Harald Hamrell

Writers:

Cilla Börjlind (story), Rolf Börjlind (story)

Stars:

Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Marie Göranzon

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Haber	...	Martin Beck
Mikael Persbrandt	...	Gunvald Larsson
Marie Göranzon	...	Margareta Oberg
Stina Rautelin	...	Lena Klingström
Ing-Marie Carlsson	...	Bodil Lettermark
Måns Nathanaelson	...	Oskar Bergman
Ingvar Hirdwall	...	Grannen
Peter Hüttner	...	Oljelund
Rebecka Hemse	...	Inger Beck
Neil Bourguiba	...	Vilhelm Beck
Jimmy Lindström	...	Kjell Strömbrink
Jonatan Blode	...	Anders Larsson
Anastasios Soulis	...	Fabian Bronér (as Anastasios 'Stasse' Soulis)
Nanna Blondell	...	Muriel Santander
Mylaine Hedreul	...	Eva Rosling

Storyline

Two girls are hit by a train and killed instantly. Was it murder, or double-suicide? Martin Beck and his team must answer the question of whether the pressure and intimidation faced by these young women in their everyday lives led to their deaths.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

19 September 2007 (Sweden)

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmlance International AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title of this episode, 'The Silent Scream' is the same as the 1980 Hammer House of Horror episode starring Peter Cushing. The Peter Cushing character is called 'Martin Blueck.'

User Reviews

Detective Tale with a Social Conscience

This 2007 series of the detective drama has been more serious in terms of content than its predecessors. While the regular group of detectives are still there, dedicated to solving crimes at all costs, the cases they are dealing with are far nastier.

"The Silent Scream" begins with two teenagers (Marall Nasiri, Karin Bogaeus) who are crushed to death on a railway-line by an express train. The driver is in no way to blame; either the victims were drugged or they committed suicide. This shocking incident paves the way for an intricate tale of feckless mothers, dominant fathers, and child abuse; no one, it seems, is immune from exploitation. Sometimes we long for Gunvald (Mikael Persbrandt) to take the most elemental form of revenge on the suspects by giving them a good hiding; but of course, this is not really ethical.

Harald Hamrell's production creates a dystopian world of shadows, threatening parkland, and tall, anonymous-looking apartment-blocks where anything, it seems, can happen. No one seems especially interested in their fellow human beings, except for the purposes of exploitation. The ending, when it comes, is to be expected; but we understand that nothing else could really happen in this kind of environment.

There is a subplot of sorts, as Beck (Peter Haber) tries to deal with persistent toothache, but this is little more than a minor diversion in a film noir-esque episode.