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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Hassel: There Is No Mercy! (2000)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.