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Maj Sjöwall (5 September 1935 – 29 April 2020) was a Swedish author and translator. She is best known for her books about police detective Martin Beck. She wrote the books in collaborative work with her partner Per Wahlöö.

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Man on the Roof Trailer (1976)

01 October 1976

Detective Martin Beck investigates the grisly murder of a police Lieutenant in his hospital room, he soon realises the urgency of the case when it turns out the killer may hold a hatred for all policemen.

Beck 29 - Invasion Trailer (2015)

21 March 2015

The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered they discover new evidence that soon leads them to an Islamist terrorist cell.

Beck 28 - The Family Trailer (2015)

10 January 2015

When a well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family, Beck and his team are challenged to discover which one of his many enemies could be responsible for the crime.

Beck 27 - Room 302 Trailer (2015)

01 January 2015

The body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. It appears that she has been strangled after a night partying with two young men, but the room was paid for using the credit card of a mugging victim whose alibi doesn't add up.

The Fire Engine That Disappeared Trailer (1993)

02 July 1993

A routine mission ends up in a flaming inferno when a house suddenly explodes. It looks like a spectacular suicide attempt but the technical investigation reveals unexpected evidence.

Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders Trailer (2015)

28 March 2015

An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease.

Murder at the Savoy Trailer (1993)

06 October 1993

A famous industrialist is murdered at a restaurant in Malmoe. Police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case.

Stockholm Marathon Trailer (1994)

01 July 1994

A gardener decides to exact revenge on the men he believes to be responsible for the death of his mentally disturbed wife.

The Man on the Balcony Trailer (1993)

26 November 1993

A serial-killer attacks and murders young girls in the parks of Stockholm. The police have trouble finding any evidence to find the killer.

Roseanna Trailer (1993)

06 October 1993

A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved.

Beck 33 - End of the Road Trailer (2016)

05 March 2016

Three brutal murders are committed in a house in a quiet suburb. The victims are a former police officer, his wife and their 10 year old son.

The Laughing Policeman Trailer (1973)

20 December 1973

When a gunman opens fire on a crowded city bus in San Francisco, Detective Dave Evans is killed, along with the man he'd been following in relation to a murder.

Unfinnished Dinner Trailer (1979)

08 September 1979

In one of the prestigious restaurants during banquet speech a large company's director Palmgren is killed in front of dozen guests .

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke Trailer (1980)

25 December 1980

The journalist Alf Mattson gets thoroughly drunk at his birthday party, where his wife announces that she intends to divorce him.

Cop Killer Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder.

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos: How Scandinavian Crime Fiction Conquered the World Trailer (2011)

28 February 2011

Lone Wolves & Dragon Tattoos traces the evolution of Nordic crime fiction, from its humble beginnings with the Martin Beck novels of the 1960s straight through to the worldwide phenomenon of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, featuring interviews with some of the actors, writers and producers who bring these mysteries to life on-screen.

Roseanna Trailer (1967)

14 August 1967

A young American girl is found dead in Gota Kanal, Swedens largest channel. Since there are hardly any clues or evidence at all it seems as if the murder cant be solved.

Beck 07 - The Money Man Trailer (1998)

03 June 1998

A homosexual police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld.

Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye Trailer (1998)

27 March 1998

In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden.

Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness Trailer (1998)

19 September 1998

A serial killer that decapitates people is on the loose in the Stockholm subway. Martin Beck and his colleagues try to catch the killer, while the panic in the city increases.

Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy Trailer (1997)

27 June 1997

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case.

Beck: The Last Day Trailer (2016)

01 April 2016

Two traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding. When the car finally pulls over, the driver gets out and shoots at them, killing one of the officers in cold blood.

Beck - The Man with the Icons Trailer (1997)

17 December 1997

Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.

Beck 51 - Vilhelm Trailer (2024)

06 December 2024

Three men enter a luxury apartment in Stockholm dressed as couriers. But what appears to be a robbery ends in a brutal murder that resembles an execution.

With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

A documentary by Ronny Svensson and Markus Stromqvist on the making of Bo Widerberg's 1976 movie Manw

Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball Trailer (2002)

10 April 2002

Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood.

Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl Trailer (1998)

08 April 1998

Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sweden and with danger to their own life take in the dangerous explosive chemical substance.

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person Trailer (1967)

16 January 1967

People on a train get murdered. Who is the murderer? Everybody on the train is a suspect. One of them is the homosexual dope fiend played by Heinz Hopf.

Beck 38 - The Devil's Advocate Trailer (2018)

07 April 2018

The murder of a restaurant owner who is gunned down in front of a diner full of customers has unexpected repercussions for Alex, whose brother, Paul, represented two men expected of involvement in the killing.

Beck 32 - Steinar Trailer (2016)

06 February 2016

An unidentified body is found in the remains left after a fire in a trailer at a run-down caravan park.

Beck 50 - Deadlock Trailer (2023)

02 July 2023

The Beck group is called out to investigate the brutal murder of a man in his own house and Vilhelm, Beck's grandson, ends up being kidnapped.

Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm Trailer (2009)

25 August 2009

When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder.

Beck 13 - Sender Unknown Trailer (2002)

13 February 2002

Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking.

Beck 43 - Haunted by the Past Trailer (2021)

25 December 2021

A body is found in the water near Liljeholmen. The body belongs to a 39-year-old Danish citizen with a solid criminal record and who was a member of a notorious Danish drug gang.

Beck 19 - The Vulture Trailer (2007)

17 January 2007

Swedish politician John Veden vanishes without a trace. There's no hint he's dead yet but Beck's team gets the case due to Police Chief Oberg's friendship with the man whom she dined with him the evening before he vanished.

Beck 03 - White Nights Trailer (1998)

27 February 1998

When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son.

Beck 49 - Inferno Trailer (2023)

01 July 2023

Nothing is the way it should be in the Beck group. Josef is suspended, pending an internal investigation.

Beck 31 - Gunvald Trailer (2016)

01 January 2016

An investigative journalist is found beaten to death in his home, where the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector are also found.

Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott Trailer (2016)

04 January 2016

The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in society.

Beck 40 - Beyond Reasonable Doubt Trailer (2020)

04 December 2020

During a police intervention, a macabre discovery is made in the trunk of a car. Josef and Oskar find themselves in the line of fire of a seemingly cold-blooded killer.

Beck 17 - The Scorpion Trailer (2006)

28 June 2006

An abused woman is feverishly sought by police in the murder of her ex-husband but is being hidden by abused woman-advocates.

Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting Trailer (2007)

06 June 2007

After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.

Beck 36 - The Thin Ice Trailer (2018)

03 February 2018

Simon Lindström, the popular coach of a suburban junior hockey team is found stabbed to death. Does the murder have something to do with his side project: teaching unaccompanied refugee children to ice skate? This undertaking has certainly not been appreciated by everyone in their small, sheltered community.

Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face Trailer (2001)

27 August 2001

A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed.

Beck - Den förlorade sonen Trailer (2021)

05 February 2021

A jawbone is found in the middle of the forest. When the rest of the body is found, it turns out that it has just recently been moved and belongs to Viktor Eklund, who has been missing for five years.

Beck 24 - In the Name of God Trailer (2007)

10 November 2007

A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.

Beck 11 - The Cartel Trailer (2001)

12 December 2001

It's a dark night in Stockholm. A chef is murdered in his own kitchen and Martin Beck gets on the case.

Beck 48 - Quid Pro Quo Trailer (2023)

17 March 2023

A man is found dead at a flea market in southern Stockholm. It looks like an ordinary robbery gone wrong, but the investigation takes an unexpected turn.

Beck 35 - Your Own Blood Trailer (2018)

01 January 2018

A man is beaten to death in the Middle East. In Stockholm, a young woman disappears on her way home from work.

Beck 22 - The Weak Link Trailer (2007)

22 August 2007

A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.

Beck 23 - The Silent Scream Trailer (2007)

17 September 2007

Two young girls are killed on railway by a passing train. It does not seem to fit the profile of a normal suicide.

Beck 46 - The Crying Cop Trailer (2022)

18 March 2022

The police is under heavy media pressure after fatally shooting a 14-year-old boy. A demonstration against the violence gets out of hand and the police have to take further blame.

Beck 16 - The Last Witness Trailer (2002)

17 April 2002

A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm.

Beck 14 - The Advertising Man Trailer (2002)

20 March 2002

A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and his colleagues but they soon discover that somebody's motivations are far more complex.

Beck 41 - Death in Samarra Trailer (2021)

01 January 2021

A candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize is brutally stabbed to death in central Stockholm just after a meeting with two lawyers from the war tribunal in The Hague.

Beck 06 - The Monster Trailer (1998)

28 May 1998

A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside.

Beck 26 - Buried Alive Trailer (2010)

21 June 2010

In a playground in the centre of the urban idyll, the police find a buried wooden box containing a famous and well-respected prosecutor.

Beck 39 - Undercover Trailer (2020)

06 November 2020

A young gang member is found dead, and the Beck group's investigation indicates that a drug network is behind it.

Beck 45 - 58 Minutes Trailer (2022)

18 February 2022

Alex Beijer will be on morning TV where the entrepreneur Tomas Tormalm will also participate. But in the middle of a live broadcast, an armed man appears and threatens Tormalm and suddenly everyone in the TV studio is drawn into a hostage drama.

Beck 44 - Rage Room Trailer (2022)

21 January 2022

A man is found brutally murdered at a running track in the woods. At the same time, Josef resumes the relationship with a former girlfriend from school, Cissi, whose father recently died of a sudden heart attack during a robbery.