Man on the Roof

Original title: Mannen på taket

1976
R
1h 52m

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When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.When a police inspector is murdered in hospital, the investigation led by detective Martin Beck uncovers reports of police misconduct and a possible revenge motive.

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Awards
- 2 wins total

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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

Jesper Antell

Boy on Tricycle
(uncredited)

Karin Bergstrand

Old Lady Drinking Coffee
(uncredited)

Bo Holmström

TV Journalist
(uncredited)

Michaela Jolin

Screaming Woman on the Bus
(uncredited)

Director
- Bo Widerberg
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Trivia
The brief scene with the young woman screaming on the bus was shot with a candid camera on a real bus with real passengers. Their reaction to the scream is real.

Goofs
When Beck and Rönn enter Ericsson's room (at his parents' house), you see a shadow of the camera crew on the left wall.

Quotes
Lennart Kollberg: Ask yourself this: Who was Stig Nyman?
Martin Beck: I didn't really know him very well...
Lennart Kollberg: Don't be evasive! Who was he? Or rather, what was he?
Martin Beck: A police officer.
Lennart Kollberg: Not a satisfying answer
Einar Rönn: A police lieutenant...? I have to make a phone call
Lennart Kollberg: Well. What was he?
Martin Beck: A bad policeman.
Lennart Kollberg: Wrong! Nyman was a fucking lousy policeman!

Connections
Featured in Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt 70 år (1991)

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LTO-tango
Composed by Björn Afzelius

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7/10

Bo Widerberg directs a thriller about how a man ended up being on the roof to terrorize inhabitants of Stockholm !!!!!

The popularity which crime fiction writers namely Stieg Larsson and Håkan Nesser enjoy in current times has enabled book readers to consider Sweden from a different perspective.Their books allow people to be able to imagine that despite an excellent welfare state Sweden has a lot of social problems.In the past,criminal tendencies in Sweden were described in gory details by writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö.It is their writings which form the back drop of Swedish film 'Man on the roof'.For a national cinema closely associated with Bergman's dark dramas,'Mannen På Taket' presents a completely different facet of Swedish cinema.It is a thriller which spoke about corrupt policemen hell bent on giving a bad name to their police force.Bo Widerberg gives equal attention to drama as well as thriller elements.The result is an intelligent thriller which enables its viewers to ascertain why some policemen are able to cross lines which are supposed to be judged by them.Admirers of action cinema need to be reminded that their theme makes its appearance in the second half of the film as the first half has been reserved for the through investigation of a brutal murder.