Man on the Roof

The Man on the Roof (Swedish: Mannen på Taket) is a 1976 Swedish police procedural-thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the book The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The film stars Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg and Håkan Serner. The plot follows the police Martin Beck and his colleagues trying to solve a murder on a senior policeman, known for his brutality against others. While the investigation is ongoing, a well armed man climbs up on a roof in Stockholm. Widerberg was inspired by the 1971 American film The French Connection, and Widerberg would made one more crime film in 1984: The Man from Majorca. The film won two Guldbagge Awards in 1977, for Best Film and Best Actor (Håkan Serner).