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BECK: MANNEN-Pä-TAKET (THE MAN ON THE ROOF)

   Een film uit 1976 naar het boek van Maj Sjöwal en Per Wahlöö
   (de verschrikkelijke man uit Shäffle).
  
    Met Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt as Martin Beck.
    Met nlsubs van Gwendolien.

   A policeman (Nyman) staying at a hospital in Stockholm is brutally murdered with the use of a bayonet. The investigation that follows is led by Martin Beck and Einar Rönn. It turns out that the murdered man was a horrible person, known among his colleagues for abusing his police privileges and causing suffering to civilians. Although the colleagues have been aware of his behaviour, the destructive esprit de corps has prevented them from reporting the misdeeds.

The investigation proceeds, and finally Beck and his team find a trail that leads to the murderer, who turns out to be an ex-police unhappy with these circumstances. The man, Eriksson, had a diabetic wife named Marja. One day, in need of insulin, Marja was mistaken by police as a drunk and put in a jail cell, under the orders of Nyman, where she died. Eriksson blamed the police force for the death of his wife, and the impending loss of custody over his daughter Malin.

When Beck is about to arrest the man, he climbs up on a roof in central Stockholm, bringing with him an automatic rifle, and starts to fire at any policeman he can spot. This includes a police helicopter which he causes to crash on a crowded plaza below the building where he resides. Beck tries to take him down personally but is hit with a bullet in the chest, although he survives. Eventually the police forces are able to shoot down the man on the roof.