Subway decapitations, Swedish panic, and detectives who look exhausted by existence itself.
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.
Acting
Peter Haber's world-weary Beck invented tired detective energy.
Direction
Arnfred squeezes dread from fluorescent subway tunnels.
Production
1998 Stockholm looks authentically miserable. Perfect.
Director
Morten Arnfred
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the eighth Beck film in a decade, proving Sweden's obsession with Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö's novels long before the 'Nordic noir' boom exported their misery globally.
Michael Nyqvist appears here years before his Dragon Tattoo fame, essentially playing the same weary Swedish man in different lighting.
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