''Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste'' (“The Man Who Went Up in Smoke”) (Swedish: ''Mannen som gick upp i rök'') is a

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- Hungarian 1980 police film about

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, directed by

Péter Bacsó Péter Bacsó (6 January 1928 – 11 March 2009) was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. After high school graduation Bacsó wanted to become an actor and later a theatre director, but ultimately decided to try filmmaking. His first ...

Plot

During the height of a

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, a drunken reporter from Sweden disappears without a trace while on a business trip in

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. Meanwhile, the tabloid for which he was writing sounds an alarm, with the Swedish government trying to avoid direct confrontation with the Hungarian police.

, a detective, takes the case, and is sent behind enemy lines as a private citizen, to find the reporter and bring him back to Sweden. However, the official of the homicide commission faces a dilemma: How will he be able to locate a Swedish national in a city of two million? They need to interrogate charming Ari, a Hungarian girlfriend of the missing person, to gather the clues on his whereabouts.

Cast

Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen as well as for his work at the Royal National Theatre, he has received numerous accolades including a Tony Award, a BAFTA Award, two ...

* Judy Winter as Aina Mattsson * Lasse Strömstedt as Kollberg *Ferenc Bàcs as Major Szluka *Krisztina Peremartoni as Aranka Ari *

Tomas Bolme Tomas Robert Olof Bolme (born 21 April 1945 in Högalid, Stockholm) is a Swedish actor. He is famous for being the Swedish voice of Tintin, and he is also the voice of the anime hero Cobra. As a child, he acted at Vår teater, a children's the ...

as Åke Gunnarsson * Thomas Oredsson as Alf Mattsson *

Kjell Bergqvist Kjell Bertil Leonard Bergqvist (born 23 February 1953) 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 cooperated for many years with scr ...

as Stenström *Mari Szür as Mrs Bubla * Sándor Szabó as Sós *

Zoltán Gera Zoltán Gera (born 22 April 1979) is a Hungarian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder for Fulham F.C., Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek FC, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencv ...

as Kuti * Dieter Schidor as Embassy Secretary * Helena Brodin as Mrs Beck

External links

* * West German films Hungarian crime drama films Swedish crime drama films Martin Beck films 1980s German films 1980s Swedish films Films scored by Jacques Loussier {{1980s-crime-film-stub