MYSTERY | SWEDEN | SCANDINAVIAN CRIME FICTION | SWEDISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES | TV-MA
He’s got no style, he’s got no flash and he’s squarely in middle age. But Swedish detective Martin Beck is good at one thing: methodically catching criminals so that they can be put away… for a long time. His tightly-wound partner, Gunvald, is his opposite: an impulsive man who cuts a dashing figure, is in no way politically correct and who never met a boundary he didn’t leap across.
After the bodies of immigrant boys are discovered, an anonymous message from a group called the Swedish Front states "The slaughter has begun." Directed by Pelle Seth, 1997.
An elderly woman is found murdered and the prime suspect is her husband, a deeply-religious man who collects icons. Directed by Pelle Seth, 1997.
A truck driver is killed in a sting operation - and the dead man turns out to be Beck’s long-lost son. Directed by Kjell Sundvall, 1997.
Beck investigates a string of murders in a small town. Directed by Kjell Sundvall, 1997.
A young girl dies after being hit by a car driven by Beck’s trusted deputy Gunvald Larsson. Directed by Kjell Sundvall, 1997.
Responding to an anonymous threat, the Stockholm bomb squad detonates a suspicious suitcase. Directed by Harald Hamrell, 1997.
The double-life of a homosexual police officer leads to a showdown between Beck and his arch-enemy Gavling. Directed by Harald Hamrell, 1997.
A commuter on the last subway of the night is found decapitated. Directed by Morten Anfred, 1997.
