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The Man on the Roof (Limited Edition Blu-ray)

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Bo Winterberg's classic Scandi crime yarn featuring popular character Martin Beck

 

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Police officer Stig Nyman is murdered by an unseen assailant brandishing a bayonet. His colleagues Beck, Rönn and Kollberg pick up the case quickly, keen to find the perpetrator of the attack on one of their own. Their investigation leads the team to discover that Nyman was a lousy cop with a history of brutality. As their search draws closer, they are caught unaware by a rooftop assassin with a sniper rifle, picking off every cop he can...

The Man on the Roof  was adapted from the novel by celebrated writers Sjöwall and Wahlöö, whose Martin Beck character has been realised in multiple films and recent TV series Beck. Influenced by The French Connection's gritty vérité style, celebrated director Bo Widerberg created an incredible spectacle here that would become legendary in Sweden and remains a foundational work of of Scandi noir.

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SKU 5060974680160
Catalogue Number RAD009BDLE
Product contents 1 disc
Year 1976
Director Bo Widerberg
Format Blu-Ray
Publisher(s) Radiance Films
Countries Sweden
Colour Colour
Sound Mono
Subtitles English
Language(s) Swedish
Running time 110 mins
Blu-ray region A, B, C
Certificate 15
BFICID_ID 150039037
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