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The Man on the Roof (Swedish: Mannen på taket) is a 1976 Swedish police procedural-thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the 1971 novel The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The film stars Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg and Håkan Serner.
The Parable of the Man Stuck on a Roof. It so happened that in a far-away land, a flood arose and slowly crept up the highlands, causing people to flee in panic to the highlands, or to their roofs. A man likewise, trying to escape the flood ran up to his roof.
Stockholm policeman Martin Beck (Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt) is called in to investigate the murder of a fellow officer.
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Directed by Bo Widerberg. With Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter and Thomas Hellberg.Blu-ray (BFI) https://shop.bfi.org.uk/the-man-on-the-roof-limited-edit...
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The Man on the Roof ( Mannen på taket) is a 1976 Swedish crime thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. The film is based on the 1971 Martin Beck book The Abominable Man, written by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. Former police inspector Stig Nyman is brutally murdered in a hospital in the middle of the night.
Man on the Roof (1976) directed by Bo Widerberg • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd. 1976. Mannen på taket. Directed by Bo Widerberg. Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen. Remove Ads.
Discover the best of the city, first. A Swedish box-office hit, and a far cry from Widerberg's earlier Adalen '31: the lyrical feeling for landscape is replaced by the occasional aerial view of...
