Beck. Episodes 1-3 / produced by Victoria Film in collaboration with Filmlance International ... [and others] ; director, Pelle Seth ; screenplay, Rolf Börjlind ; producers, Lars Blomgren & Thomas Lydholm.

Format:

• Video

Author/Creator:

• Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975, author.
• Sjöwall, Maj, 1935-2020, author.

Contributor:

• Seth, Pelle, 1946- director.
• Blomgren, Lars, producer.
• Lydholm, Thomas, 1963- producer.
• Börjlind, Rolf, 1943- screenwriter.
• Haber, Peter, 1952- actor.
• Persbrandt, Mikael, 1963- actor.
• Nordisk Film (Firm), producer.
• FilmLance International, producer.
• MHZ Networks Home Entertainment (Firm), distributor.
• Flora Haney Fund.

Language:

• English
• Swedish

Subjects (All):

• Börjlind, Rolf, 1943---Film adaptations.
• Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975--Film adaptations.
• Wahlöö, Per, 1926-1975.
• Beck, Martin (Fictitious character)--Drama.
• Criminal investigation--Sweden--Stockholm--Drama.
• Criminal investigation.
• Beck, Martin (Fictitious character).
• Sweden--Stockholm.

Genre:

• Detective and mystery television programs.
• Television crime shows.
• Film adaptations.
• Feature films.
• Drama.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 3 videodiscs (approximately 267 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome

Edition:

16:9 anamorphic widescreen.

Place of Publication:

[United States?] : Distributed by MHZ Networks Home Entertainment, [2012]

Language Note:

In Swedish with English subtitles.

System Details:

• DVD; region 1, NTSC.
• digital
• optical
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video
• region 1

Summary:

• 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.
• "The decoy boy: After the bodies of two immigrant boys are discovered, a group called The Swedish Front claims responsibility. A lead brings Beck and his team to a website where young boys are sold for sex, but time is running out.
• The man with the icons: An elderly woman is found murdered. The prime suspect is her husband, a quiet and deeply-religious man who collects Russian icons. His grief appears genuine, yet his story doesn't exactly check out.
• White nights: A truck driver is killed in a sting operation. The dead man turns out to be Beck's long-lost son, whose existence was a well-kept secret from colleagues and family. After his initial shock, Beck returns to the investigation with renewed passion. This time it's personal." -- Container.

Contents:

• Episode 1. The decoy boy
• ep. 2. The man with the icons
• ep. 3. White nights.

Participant:

Peter Haber, Makael Persbrandt.

Credits:

Executive producer, Ole Sandberg.

Notes:

• Title and credits taken from container.
• Principle characters based on the novels by Maj Sjöwall & Per Wahlöö.
• Originally produced for Swedish television in 1997.
• DVD extras: Interviews, trailers.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Flora Haney Fund.

OCLC:

803473115

Publisher Number:

• 815047015531
• SKU 16553 MHZ Networks Home Entertainment

Online:

The Flora Haney Fund Home Page