The Man on the Roof (1976) - Bo Widerberg

Swedish Title: Mannen på taket English Title: The man on the roof Director: Bo Widerberg Year:1976 Language: Swedish Subtitles: English (softsubs) Source: DVD This is about the only successful action/crime film that came out of Sweden in the seventies. It is from one of the finest directors in Sweden. From Barnvagnen (1963) to Mannen på taket (1976) Bo Widerberg made a handful of great movies. After that it was like Widerberg lost his touch. He did come back with his final film though ( Lust och fägring stor, 1995). A Voice from IMDB Wow! I wasn't expecting this - a sober, detailed, semi-documentary study of police investigation and tactics from, of all people, Bo Widerberg?! I am astonished to say that this is a remarkably realistic and believable film and, as another viewer suggested, should be viewed by current filmakers as a prime reference for how films in this genre can be successfully approached. This truly ranks with the best American crime/police films of the 70's (and soars above all their pale French imitations), though it may lack the visceral impact of DIRTY HARRY or a character as indelible as Popeye Doyle. But character development is not really the film's focus; it is getting the details right - which it does - of the methodical police investigation of a murder and then their forced tactical response to a sniper. In doing this Widerberg and co. avoid a number of cliches and dramatic pitfalls that have plagued other films and television dramas working this turf over the last 40 years. These include cowboy heroics by "rogue" cops, an over-reliance on police jargon (that supposedly lets us know we are "inside the world" of police work), allowing interpersonal melodramas between characters to blur the focus of the story (i.e. catching the criminal), and, of course, the now ritual abuse of explosions, car chases, and machine-gun editing (to supposedly heighten our excitement). There are also no cartoonish twisted-genius serial killers masterminding absurd plot twists. Here the killer is as unspectacular, and as understandable (although we never meet him) as the men pursuing him. It is also remarkable how characters casually enter into the film as they enter the investigation - no one emerges as THE hero - everyone just does his job. And Widerberg is so effective at focusing us on the quiet, "routine" details of how the case develops that when violence erupts in the later part of the film it is truly startling. The scenes of panicking crowds have an unsettling documentary feel. The police response to this threat is, again, restrained, unspectacular (all right the helicopter attack may be pushing it a bit) and intensely dramatic for just that reason (no bells or whistles required). When the criminal is finally stopped it is almost anti-climatic (no drawn-out battles to the death, no swelling music) and this is as it should be for the world remains the same, evil still exists, and the job goes on. Can't wait to see MAN FROM MALLORCA. 9 out of 10. Från Expressen Den ständigt saknade Bo Widerberg gör 1976 den första moderna svenska kriminalfilmen. Han lyckas förena oavbrutet intensiv spänning med ett socialt perspektiv. Många bra skådespelare, men Carl-Gustaf Lindstedts trötta Martin Beck är filmens nav, hjärta och samvete. Actionscenerna i denna tidiga Sjöwall-Wahlöö-filmatisering (efter ?Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle?) är 30 år senare fortfarande de kraftfullaste som en svensk filmskapare åstadkommit. Från Aftonbladet "Mannen på taket" var den första svenska actionfilmen. Med tidernas bäste Beck, Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt. Filmen står sig bra, i synnerhet Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt i huvudrollen som Martin Beck och Sven Wollter som Kollberg. Och så finns förstås den fantastiske Håkan Serner som fåordige Rönn. Beck hade tidigare spelats av Walter Matthau, Derec Jacobi och Keve Hjelm och på senare år av Gösta Ekman och Peter Haber. Men den kedjerökande dystre polisen som Lindstedt gör känns mest trogen Beck som han är i Sjöwall-Wahlöös tio romaner om brott. File Name .............: Bo Widerberg - Mannen på taket (1976).avi File Size (in bytes) ..: 734,197,760 bytes Runtime (# of frames) .: 1:47:32 (4189064 frames) Video Codec ...........: XviD Dev ver. 25-Mar-03 Frame Size ............: 544x320 [=1.700] FPS ...................: 25.000 Video Bitrate .........: 768 kb/s Bits per Pixel ........: 0.176 bpp B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: [B-VOP]...[]...[]...[] Audio Codec ...........: 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3 Sample Rate ...........: 48000 Hz Audio bitrate .........: 136 kb/s [2 channel(s)] VBR audio Interleave ............: 40 ms No. of audio streams ..: 1 från Expressen NOT MY RIP ********************************* FREAKYFLICKS ********************************** Freakyflicks is a free and open community dedicated to preserving and sharing cinematic art in the digital era. Our goal is to disseminate such works of art to the widest audience possible through the channels provided by P2P technology. 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mizar (2007-01-19)

thx for the upload ...

sporren (2007-01-19)

Den första Beckfilmen var kanske den bästa - mest välspelade? I alla fall i mina ögon... Klart sevärd film, även om den gått på svensk television ett antal gånger.

carlgustav10 (2007-04-08)

grymt bra film

boyplay (2007-05-22)

snälla kan någon seeda behövs inte länge ju ligger på 87,6

FTW2000 (2008-03-21)

I tidens början var det den vedervärgiga från säfle men sedan blev det väldigt mycket 90 tal och det regnar alltid för att refera till den stora filmmästeraren Bo kvist från varan tv eller ett ständigt flöde av "beck" filmer. Persbrandt måste sponra sitt kokain bruk men varför Haber (börja likna mer och mer en levande död eller varför hans pesstiga dotter fick behålla livet var en stor gåta). eller varför eländet gick direkt till träsket dvd boxar? Och värdet av det nattliga sessioner na på balkongen med "stänkar" grannen? Äntligen verkar TV4 dragit sig ur beck träsket för att ersätta det med Walander träsket. Om igen en pesstig dotter man önskar livet ur och en potetiell knullkamrat. Och om igen önskar livet ur hela bunten. Bugar och niger! Självfallet uppskattar jag dom klassika filmerna.

charley0 (2013-06-20)

Excellent quality, thanks for the english subs, btw, saw the original film on tv long ago, it was in black and white, so smiled when saw film in colour, thanks so much