Summary
A routine mission ends up in a flaming inferno when a house suddenly explodes. It looks like a spectacular suicide attempt but the technical investigation reveals unexpected evidence. Beck and his men are soon on the tracks of a narcotic syndicate...
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 62GoodWatch 60
Letterboxd · 520 ratings3.2/5
IMDb5.9
Running time
1 h 26 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 thrillers, −18 min on the typical 104
typical 10486Half of all thrillers run 94–118 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
1993
July 2, 1993
33 years ago
Genres
ThrillerCrimeDramaMysteryLanguage
Swedish
Original language
Also spoken
DanishGermanEnglishMade in
Germany- Sweden
and 12 more23 people
- Gösta EkmanMartin Beck
- Kjell BergqvistLennart Kollberg
- Rolf LassgårdGunvald Larsson
- Niklas HjulströmBenny Skacke
- Daniela ZieglerNadja Kovacs
- HKHolger KunkelStoiweiler
- Maria HeiskanenCarla
- BSBernt StrömEinar Rönn
- Torgny AnderbergEvald Hammar
- Agneta EkmannerGreta Hjelm
Tova MagnussonPutte Beck
Ing-Marie CarlssonGun Kollberg
Gunvor PonténMrs Olofsson- UAUlla AkselsonStoiweiler's neighbour
Anita EkströmInga Beck- RJRolf JennerMax Karlsson
Peter SchrøderMogensen- BÖBirger ÖsterbergKvant
P.G. HylénKristiansson- LLLena LindblomWard nurse
- TWThomas WrisemoGuardian 1
- RSRon SanfordBlack man
Maj SjöwallWoman next to Martin Beck on the flight (uncredited)
Directing · 2
- Hajo Gies Director
- Jimmy Karlsson Assistant Director
Writing · 4
- Beate Langmaack Screenplay
- Rainer Berg Screenplay
- Per Wahlöö Novel
- Maj Sjöwall Novel
Production · 10
- Ole Søndberg Executive Producer
- Bertil Ohlsson Executive Producer
- Søren Stærmose Executive Producer
- Hans Lönnerheden Producer
- Catti Edfeldt Casting
- Anette Mandoki Casting
Camera · 1
- Achim Poulheim Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Hélène Berlin Editor
Sound · 6
- Stefan Nilsson Original Music Composer
- Peter Larsson Sound
- Leif Westerlund Sound
- Peter Eklund Sound
- Mats Lindskog Sound Engineer
- Michael Lechner Sound Engineer
Art · 1
- Mikael Kinning Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Lenamari Wallström Costume Design
- Agneta Lindqvist-Widin Makeup Artist
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