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Murder At The Savoy
''Murder at the Savoy'' (original title: ''Polis, polis, potatismos!'' literally "Police, Police, Mashed Potatoes!") is a 1970 crime novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. It is the sixth book out of ten in the detective series by revolving around police detective Martin Beck. Title ''Murder at the Savoy'' is the English title of the novel. The Swedish title of the book, meaning "Police, police, mashed potatoes", is explained in a scene where Gunvald Larsson is telling off the miserably lazy policemen Kristiansson and Kvant. The two policemen had, instead of obeying their orders to arrest a suspect at Arlanda Airport, been arguing with a man whose 3-year-old son had shouted "Police, police, mashed potatoes" at the two policemen while they were eating hot dog with mashed potatoes at a grill bar. This refers to the common rhyme "polis polis potatisgris" ("police, police, potato pig"). Plot Martin Beck has to search through the high powered business man Viktor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maj Sjöwall And Per Wahlöö
Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adapted into films between 1967 and 1994, six of which were included in a series featuring Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck. Between 1997 and 2018 there have also been 38 films (some released direct for video and broadcast on television) based on the characters, with Peter Haber as Martin Beck. Apart from the core duo of Beck and his right-hand man Gunvald Larsson, the latter have little resemblance to the original series, and feature a widely different and evolving cast of characters, though roughly similar themes and settings around Stockholm. Series During the 1960s and 1970s Sjöwall and Wahlöö conceived and wrote a series of ten police procedural novels about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the Swedish nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jānis Streičs
Jānis Streičs (born 26 September 1936) is a Latvian film director. Streičs' 1991 comedy film ''The Child of Man'' was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously been Latvia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but did not make the shortlist. In 1978 ''Theater'', in 1981 '' A Limousine the Colour of Midsummer's Eve'' and in 1991 ''The Child of Man ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...'' received the Latvian Film Prize as the best film of the year. References 1936 births Living people Latvian film directors Lielais Kristaps Award winners Soviet film directors People from Preiļi Municipality {{Latvia-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantheon Books Books
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Novels By Sjöwall And Wahlöö
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Swedish Detective Novels
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1970 Swedish Novels
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Sjöwall And Wahlöö
Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in the ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all have been adapted into films between 1967 and 1994, six of which were included in a series featuring Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck. Between 1997 and 2018 there have also been 38 films (some released direct for video and broadcast on television) based on the characters, with Peter Haber as Martin Beck. Apart from the core duo of Beck and his right-hand man Gunvald Larsson, the latter have little resemblance to the original series, and feature a widely different and evolving cast of characters, though roughly similar themes and settings around Stockholm. Series During the 1960s and 1970s Sjöwall and Wahlöö conceived and wrote a series of ten police procedural novels about the exploits of detectives from the special homicide commission of the Swedish na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Lassgård
Rolf Holger Lassgård (born 29 March 1955) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his many roles in crime dramas. Life and career Lassgård was born in Östersund, Jämtland. A keen amateur ice hockey player in his youth, he also joined theatre teacher Ingemar Lind's Institute for the Performing Arts in the village of Storhögen outside Östersund. He then attended the Stage School in Malmö from 1975–78. There Lassgård met the director Peter Oskarson and joined his ''Skånska Teatern'' theatre company at Landskrona, where he remained for four years, making his first television appearance as " Puck" in its production of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' in 1980. Lassgård followed Oskarson to the ''Folkteatern'' company in Gävle in 1982, giving a series of highly acclaimed performances. For his role in ''Önskas'' he was nominated for the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 27th Guldbagge Awards. The following year he won the award at the 28th Guldbagge Awards for his role ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gösta Ekman
Hans Gösta Gustaf Ekman (; 28 July 1939 – 1 April 2017) was a Swedish actor, comedian, and director. Career Ekman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and was the son of the director Hasse Ekman and Agneta (née Wrangel). Ekman represented the third generation in a family of prominent Swedish actors. First in the line was his paternal grandfather, also named Gösta Ekman, followed by his father Hasse Ekman, a successful film director and actor. Ekman's theatrical family also included his brothers Stefan Ekman and Mikael Ekman, a stage director, and his niece, Sanna Ekman, an actress. He was married from 1989 to artist and film director Marie-Louise Ekman, previously Marie-Louise De Geer Bergenstråhle, née Fuchs. Ekman sometimes appeared in credits as ''Gösta Ekman Jr.'' to avoid being confused with his famous grandfather. He was an assistant director to Per-Axel Branner, Hasse Ekman, Stig Olin, Bengt Ekerot and Ingmar Bergman from 1956 to 1961. Ekman started his acting c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelle Berglund
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Murder At The Savoy (film)
''Murder at the Savoy'' ( sv, Polis, polis, potatismos) is a Swedish/German film from 1993, based on the 1970 book ''Murder at the Savoy''. Plot A famous industrialist is killed at a restaurant in Malmö. When the police inspector Martin Beck in Stockholm gets the case, it is revealed that the industrialist is possibly involved in illegal arms deals. The police have only one question to answer: Who was the biggest criminal, the murderer or the industrialist? Cast *Gösta Ekman as Martin Beck *Kjell Bergqvist as Lennart Kollberg *Rolf Lassgård as Gunvald Larsson *Niklas Hjulström as Benny Skacke *Ingvar Andersson as Per Månsson *Arthur Brauss as Jürgen Hoffman *Lena Nilsson as Åsa Thorell *Andrea Heuer as Hanna Mohr * Tommy Johnson as Bertil Svensson *Bernt Ström as Einar Rönn *Agneta Ekmanner as Greta Hjelm * Tova Magnusson Norling as Putte Beck *Ing-Marie Carlsson as Gun Kollberg *Görel Crona as Charlotte Palmgren *Marie Richardson as Helena Hansson *Reine Brynolfsson as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
