''Murder at the Savoy'' ( sv, Polis, polis, potatismos) is a Swedish/German film from 1993, based on the 1970 book ''
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 b ...
''.
Plot
A famous industrialist is killed at a restaurant in
Malmö
Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...
. 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
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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 t ...
as
Martin Beck
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 adapt ...
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Kjell Bergqvist
Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953 in Enskede, Stockholm County) is a Swedish actor.
Bergqvist finished the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1973 and made his debut in '' En enkel melodi'' and ''Jack''. He has since coope ...
as
Lennart Kollberg
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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 tea ...
as
Gunvald Larsson
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 adapte ...
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Niklas Hjulström
Niklas Hjulström (born 15 February 1962) is a Swedish actor, singer and director. He is brother to Carin Hjulström, grandson to Filip Hjulström and son to Lennart Hjulström.
Hjulström was born in Mölndal, Sweden, and finished his educ ...
as Benny Skacke
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Ingvar Andersson
Carl Ingvar Andersson (19 March 1899 – 14 October 1974) was a Swedes, Swedish historian and director of the National Archives of Sweden.
Andersson was an associate professor at Lund University from 1928 to 1938 and director of the National ...
as Per Månsson
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Arthur Brauss
Arthur Brauss (born 24 July 1936) is a German actor, perhaps best known for his work in Sam Peckinpah's ''Cross of Iron''.
Brauss was born in Augsburg, Germany.
Partial filmography
* '' Stop Train 349'' (1963, directed by Rolf Hädrich), as I. ...
as Jürgen Hoffman
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Lena Nilsson
Lena Nilsson (born 4 January 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish actress. Nilsson's film credits include '' Magnetisøren's femte vinter'' and '' Videoman''. Her television credits include ''Kaspar i Nudådalen'', '' Glöm inte mamma!'', and ''Morden ...
as Åsa Thorell
*Andrea Heuer as Hanna Mohr
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Tommy Johnson as Bertil Svensson
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Bernt Ström
Bernt Valter Ström (6 March 1940 in Säter, Sweden–31 August 2009 in Luleå, Sweden) was a Swedish actor.
Ström studied at Skara Skolscen and at NAMA in Stockholm. He was under a long time engaged at Norrbottensteatern.
Selected filmograp ...
as Einar Rönn
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Agneta Ekmanner
Agneta Ekmanner (born 4 December 1938) is a Swedish actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1965.
Selected filmography
* ''Love 65'' (1965)
* ''Hugs and Kisses'' (1967)
* '' The Corridor'' (1968)
* ''Per'' (1 ...
as Greta Hjelm
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Tova Magnusson Norling as Putte Beck
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Ing-Marie Carlsson
Ing-Marie Gunilla Jessica Carlsson (born 25 February 1957) is a Swedish actress. Carlsson lives in Södermalm, Stockholm.
Carlsson was educated at NAMA in Gothenburg and graduated in 1982. After that she worked at Götateatern and the Borås ...
as Gun Kollberg
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Görel Crona
Görel Elisabeth Crona (born 23 August 1959) is a Swedish film director, actress and singer/songwriter. She had her first role in the Sveriges Television series ''Varuhuset''.
Life
Crona is the daughter of Swedish author and jazz musician Börj ...
as Charlotte Palmgren
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Marie Richardson
Marie Elisabet Richardson (born 6 June 1959) is a Swedish stage, film, and television actress. She studied at the Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm from 1982 to 1985 and has been employed by The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm ever since. Richar ...
as Helena Hansson
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Reine Brynolfsson
Reine Claes-Göran Brynolfsson (born 15 January 1953) is a Swedish actor. He was born in Gothenburg
Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capita ...
as Hampus Broberg
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Anders Ekborg
Jon Anders Ekborg (born 9 October 1960) is a Swedish actor and singer who has performed the roles of Karl Oskar in ''Kristina från Duvemåla'' and Freddie Trumper in ''Chess'', two musicals that were written by former ABBA members Benny Anderss ...
as Mats Linder
*Claes Sylwander as Viktor Palmgren
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as Karin
*Birger Österberg as Kvant
*Per-Gunnar Hylén as Kristiansson
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Lena T. Hansson
Lena Teresia Hansson (born 18 May 1955) is a Swedish actress. She was born in Stockholm and began acting at Vår teater, a children's theatre. She studied at Swedish National Academy of Mime and Acting in Stockholm. Hansson is in a relationship ...
as Gunvald Larsson's sister
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Jonas Falk
Jonas Emanuel Falk (3 August 1944 – 26 December 2010) was a Swedish actor and brother of actor Niklas Falk. He was born in Örgryte, Gothenburg.
Jonas Falk had been a member of Stockholm City Theatre's fixed ensemble since 1987. Apart fro ...
as Stig Malm
*Dan Nerenius as Bo, policeman in
SÄPO
The Swedish Security Service ( sv, Säkerhetspolisen , abbreviated SÄPO ; until 1989 ''Rikspolisstyrelsens säkerhetsavdelning'', abbreviated RPS/Säk) is a Swedish government agency organised under the Ministry of Justice. It operates as a se ...
*Max Lundqvist as Thomas
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Jonas Bergström as naval officer
*Lena Bergqvist as Hampus Broberg's secretary
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Pontus Gustafsson
Pontus Karl Fredrik Gustafsson (born 15 August 1955, in Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. He started his career when he was 12 years old, then he played Mowgli's Swedish voice in ''The Jungle Book'' ("Djungelboken" in Swedish). Since 1977 he works a ...
as Edvardson
*Nicke Wagemyr as policeman in Lidingö
*Stefan Rylander as policeman in Lidingö
*Thomas Segerström as shooting coach
*Curt Spångberg as Backlund
*Mikael Alsberg as doctor
*David H. Ingvar as docent
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Bengt Nilsson as waiter
*Anna Lena Ahlström as Mats Linder's secretary
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Stellan Skarsgård
Stellan Skarsgård (, ; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his collaborations with director Lars von Trier appearing in ''Breaking the Waves'' (1996), ''Dancer in the Dark'' (2000), ''Dogville'' (2007), ''Melancholia'' (2011 ...
as security guard
References
External links
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German mystery films
Swedish mystery films
Martin Beck films
1990s Swedish films
1990s German films
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