The Man on the Roof (1976)

Original title

Mannen på taket

Directed by

Bo Widerberg

Genre

drama film, action film, thriller film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

15+

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 83 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Stockholm police investigate a brutal murder. The case reveals corruption and leads to a siege on a rooftop.

tensegrittysuspensefulnoirishfast-pacedgloomyatmosphericpolice-procedural

What happens

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. Widerberg's direction was inspired by the 1971 American film The French Connection, and Widerberg would make one more crime film in 1984: The Man from Majorca. The film won two Guldbagge Awards in 1977, for Best Film and Best Actor (Håkan Serner). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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