Mikael Persbrandt
Also Known As: میکائیل پرشبرانت
Biography: Mikael Åke Persbrandt, born 25 September 1963) is a Swedish actor. In Swedish films, he is perhaps best known for playing Gunvald Larsson in the Beck series of movies. He is internationally known for his starring role in the Academy Award-winning feature, In a Better World, directed by Susanne Bier. His performance earned him a 2011 European Film Award nomination for Best Actor. Other parts include the role of Carl Hamilton from the novels by Jan Guillou, Beorn in The Hobbit, as well as Jakob Nyman in the English TV series Sex Education. He has performed onstage with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and in numerous film and TV roles. Persbrandt is well known for his role as the hardboiled police inspector Gunvald Larsson, in the Beck series of films. He won the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a leading role twice, the first in 2009 for Everlasting Moments and the second in 2014 for Nobody Owns Me. In 2015, Persbrandt reported that he would quit starring in his popular role of Gunvald Larsson. In 2019, Persbrandt began playing Jakob Nyman in the Netflix comedy drama Sex Education. He was a leading actor in the film The Salvation.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Jakobsberg i Stockholms län, Sverige
Birthday: September 25, 1963
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Gender: Male
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Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace
Overview: A speculative biopic about Swedish UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, the anti-colonialist, allegedly queer diplomat who died under mysterious circumstances during the Cold War while trying to bring peace to the Congo.
Genres: Thriller Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2023-12-25
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One Way
Overview: To cover up his infidelities and protect his upcoming marriage, a star advertiser helps free an accused rapist by giving a false alibi and suffers the brutal revenge of the victim.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-21
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Beck 08 - Trails in Darkness
Overview: 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.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-09-19
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At Point Blank
Overview: A gang of highly efficient and cold hearted robbers strike against a number of banks in Stockholm. The investigation ends up with the criminal detective Klara and the SWAT commander Greger Krona, who together lead the hunt for the robbers. Their investigation takes them in a dangerous direction that proves to have unforeseen consequences. The hunt for the robbers is intense and their methods become more refined and terrifying. Klara ends up in the line of fire, both literally and figuratively, and the investigation takes her in a direction that she could never have imagined.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-12-13
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The Kautokeino Rebellion
Overview: Religious and cultural reawakening inspires rebellion in a 19th century Norwegian village.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2008-01-18
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Adult Behaviour… It's All in the Mind
Overview: Frank leads a respectable yuppie life working at a noted Stockholm law firm. He has also been married for eight years to his beautiful wife Nenne, who runs an upscale boutique. Yet Frank is deeply bored with his life and is supremely randy. He even fantasizes about the marriage counselor that he and Nenne visit weekly. Eventually, Frank shacks up with a young fetching art student named Sofia, though the experience wracks Frank with guilt. Meanwhile, Nenne's friend and co-worker Rosie suspects that Frank is having an affair, though she does not have the nerve to tell her. Little does Rosie suspect, however, that her friend is sleeping with her lover Georg, an uptight journalist with an ego the size of Finland. Soon wires get crossed, and all hell breaks loose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-09-24
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Day and Night
Overview: Thomas has decided to die, and spends his last day driving around to say good-bye to everybody, his son, wife, mistress and all others. Nobody understands that this good-bye is definite, and still he says things they will never forget.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-08-06
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In a Better World
Overview: The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2010-08-26
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The Lovelife of a Fat Thief
Overview: Harry is a pickpocket, torn between two beloved women, one of them the cop who arrested him, the other the ghost of his dead wife. Is Harry ready for a new relationship? Can a cop date a thief? Harry learns that a jealous ghost can be a nuisance, but shows unexpected bravery.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-04-14
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Everlasting Moments
Overview: In a time of social change and unrest, war and poverty, a young working class woman, Maria, wins a camera in a lottery. The decision to keep it alters her whole life.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-09-24
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Gangster
Overview: Antonio Moro works for gangster boss Thomas Ståhl. He lives happily with his girlfriend Tanya who is expecting their child. Antonio's future looks bright, until one evening when he is ordered to kill a person who is close to all of them.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-04-27
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Solstorm
Overview: While in a party promoted by her chief and friend Måns Wenngren, the fiscal attorney, Rebecka Martinsson, receives a call from her former sister-in-law, Sanna Strandgård, telling that her brother and preacher Viktor was murdered, stabbed and with severed hands, and she would be arrested. Rebecka heads to her hometown Kiruna and defends Sanna, but the evidences found by the police in her house prove her guilty and she is arrested. While investigating the crime, Rebecka is haunted by her past and faces the bigoted and fanatic religious dwellers that worship the local church, and is more convinced of the innocence of Sanna.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-11-02
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No Tears
Overview: Magnus is a photographer specializing in family portraits. When he plans for his mother’s 75th birthday he discovers family secrets that will change his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-10-06
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Beneath the Surface
Overview: 23-year old Sandra has been doing drugs for many years and has realized that she is in need of some kind of treatment. At the clinic she is told that her pimp / boyfriend Roffe has turned his attention to Sandra's younger and well-behaving sister Jannika.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-11-21
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The Last Contract
Overview: Young police officer Roger is on the trail of the international master assassin, while the assassin follows his plan to murder Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-03-06
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Double Shift
Overview: Jonas has promised to take time off work to take care of his baby daughter so that his fiancé can go back to work. The problem is that his company, a taxi service, needs serious attention so Jonas tries to work nights and be a good father in the daytime.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-05-18
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Somewhere Else
Overview: Alongside a tranquil road somewhere in Sweden live a number of people who are pretty much like people in general. When a highly improbable and catastrophic chain of events besets them, it leads to break up and change. A tragicomic story that feels both familiar and alien at the same time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-12-16
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Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation
Overview: Carl Hamilton manages to infiltrate an international gang that has stolen advanced Swedish GPS-guided missiles. But the league is subjected to a sudden deadly attack by a well drilled group of mercenaries of unknown clients. Hamilton escapes the massacre, but the rockets have disappeared without a trace.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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9 millimeter
Overview: The suburb that is a society within a society, a place where young guys do anything for respect. A place where criminality and violence is a part of life. This movie centralizes around Malik, a guy without family and land of origin, and who has made crime and violence a part of his life. Both to win respect, and to support himself.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-01-24
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Three Suns
Overview: An epic drama set in the 14th century. Hanna leaves her family to meet her husband after 4 years spent in the East during a long war. Hanna will find herself fighting for her love, her children and her life.
Genres: Drama History Adventure
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-02-26
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Overview: The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-11
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Heaven's Heart
Overview: Two couples, old friends, end up in a heated debate over adultery at a dinner party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2008-02-29
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Everyone Loves Alice
Overview: A love triangle between a man, two women and three children. When love suddenly explodes in these people's everyday lives, it creates a pressure wave that changes the lives of everyone.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-10-04
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Bang Bang Orangutang
Overview: An overworked and stressed out man in the middle of his career causes the worst tragedy that can happen to a family...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-10-14
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Stockholm East
Overview: Stockholm East is the love story between two strangers, bound together by a tragedy that has taken its toll on both their lives and relationships. When Johan and Anna meet at the railway station connecting Stockholm with the idyllic suburbs where they both live, they embark on a dangerous journey of passion and lies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Overview: Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-10
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Playing with Fire
Overview: A comedy about idleness, jealousy and passion. It all takes place in a seaside resort, one morning just before breakfast.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-02-12
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Beck 22 - The Weak Link
Overview: A teenage girl is found by her parents brutally raped and murdered in the woods. It's now up to Beck and his team to catch the criminal.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-08-22
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Deadly Drift
Overview: A present-day thriller about a man with a needle in his brain. This needle poisons his mind and tortures him with morbid thoughts and an urge to kill. When he finally commits a murder there is a witness, who is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-03-12
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Hamilton 2: But Not If It Concerns Your Daughter
Overview: Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton's 7-year-old goddaughter Nathalie is kidnapped. When the kidnapping's underlying motive becomes known, the Swedish authorities assume a passive role, forcing Hamilton to action. With the help of international contacts, Hamilton manages to get them on track. Hamilton, along with some military colleagues, plans a daring rescue mission.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-07
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The Hypnotist
Overview: After a young woman and her parents are murdered by a killer determined to wipe out the entire family, Detective Inspector Joona Linna works with a psychiatrist to hypnotize the son who narrowly escaped death in order to find the one surviving daughter before the murderer does.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2012-09-28
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Beck 09 - The Price of Vengeance
Overview: Two patrolling cops stumble on to three criminals who have just stolen large amounts of explosives, and are killed in cold blood. Martin Beck and his team must now work day and night to find out who the killers are and what they are planning to do with the explosives before it's too late. Meanwhile, Gunvald Larsson who was a close friend of one of the murdered cops is ignoring all rules in his quest for revenge.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-06-27
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Beck 26 - Buried Alive
Overview: In a playground in the centre of the urban idyll, the police find a buried wooden box containing a famous and well-respected prosecutor. Martin Beck and his police team initially suspect a highly criminal MC-leader of the attack, but one pretty soon has to re-evaluate the case once the MC-leader is found murdered in a similar wooden box. Soon, more wooden boxes are found and the police realize that they are part of a cat and mouse game with a crazy serial killer. The investigation soon shows that there is a vague connection between the victims in the shape of a 9 year old event, but what Martin Beck does not suspect is that his own life too is at stake, as the murderer has chosen him as the next victim.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2010-06-21
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Beck 16 - The Last Witness
Overview: A series of grisly murders where the victims faces have been removed by acid starts to turn up around Stockholm. Detective Martin Beck and Gunvald Larsson are once again drawn into the darkness.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-04-17
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Beck 17 - The Scorpion
Overview: An abused woman is feverishly sought by police in the murder of her ex-husband but is being hidden by abused woman-advocates. At the same time, Gunvald Larsson discovers a police report that his long-estranged sister has been abused. He confronts her with his knowledge but she denies it.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-06-28
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Beck 25 - The Eye of the Storm
Overview: When the charred remains of woman are found, Säpo, the Swedish Security Services, suspect Gunvald Larsson of being mixed up in her murder. The dead woman was wanted internationally and a member of a group of militant eco-activists carrying out attacks around the world. Gunvald sets out on his own to find the woman's murderer, with Säpo on his heels. Martin Beck is ordered to arrest Gunvald and his loyalty to his colleague is now put to the test.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2009-08-25
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Now
Overview: A man and a woman meet in 1960. They marry because that's what you are supposed to do. But something goes wrong on their wedding night. They have no idea what to do with each other. Sexually. Emotionally. The husband meets a man who knows what to do with his sexuality. Suddenly a hand can do something no hand has done before and lips something no lips have ever done. The two men have a secret love affair. But there is a problem: The woman. And she has something up her sleeve. Will she act? Yes, she will. What happens? Nobody knows. Until now.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2003-01-27
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Nobody Owns Me
Overview: The story of a lone father's relationship with his daughter, of the destructive power of alcohol, of a child's vulnerability, but also of love, betrayal and socialist politics in 1970s Sweden.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2013-11-08
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Hela härligheten
Overview: Torsten William Olsson is a 43-year-old teacher, living in a small town. He has never had a woman and is desperate for a romance. When he starts fantasizing about the mother of one of his pupils, it is the beginning of a chain of events that will change the lives of himself and others ... —Fredrik Klasson
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-11-26
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Gossip
Overview: A Hollywood producer auditions ten Swedish actresses for the title role in a big-budget remake of Greta Garbo's classic Queen Christina.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2000-12-24
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Between Summers
Overview: Torun and Mikael have been married for a few years. When vacationing on the Danish coast, their young son Melker accidentally drowns. Torun initially blames her sister, who was supposed to supervise her children. Later she turns her anger and grief against her husband. Since none of them know what to do with their feelings, they start to drift apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1995-08-31
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Lovisa och Carl Michael
Overview: Bellman and his wife Lovisa live in a loving marriage, but in extreme poverty. They struggle to keep the family together and Lovisa tries to persuade Bellman to perform in order to earn a livelihood.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2005-12-24
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Nature's Warrior
Overview: 13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-02-21
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Someone You Love
Overview: Someone You Love is a story about world famous singer-songwriter Thomas Jacob who lives in Los Angeles. He is a successful man with a lot of burned bridges. After years abroad Thomas travels back to Denmark to record a new album. There his estranged daughter Julie suddenly turns up with his 11-year-old grandson, Noa. Soon, Thomas is forced to take care of the boy. Against all odds the two of them slowly begin to connect through music. But disaster strikes, forcing Thomas to realize he has to make a choice that will change his life forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-05-09
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Beck 21 - The Japanese Painting
Overview: After a woman buys a Japanese shunga painting from an auction and later is found murdered in a hotel in Stockholm, the police gets dragged into a murder investigation where they meet the dark side of the art world.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-06-06
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Beck 24 - In the Name of God
Overview: A paparazzi photographer gets brutally murdered in Stockholm. His apartment is searched and the computer together with photo equipment is missing.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-11-10
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Beck - The Man with the Icons
Overview: Beck and his men investigates a murder of a Russian woman. At the same time as SÄPO (The Swedish Security Agency) sees a chance of getting a Russian in the embassy deported.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-12-17
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The Salvation
Overview: In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2014-05-22
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Beck 28 - The Family
Overview: When a well-known crime boss is murdered by a sniper in front of his family, Beck and his team are challenged to discover which one of his many enemies could be responsible for the crime.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-01-10
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Beck 27 - Room 302
Overview: The body of a young woman is found in a Stockholm hotel room. It appears that she has been strangled after a night partying with two young men, but the room was paid for using the credit card of a mugging victim whose alibi doesn't add up. Martin and Gunvald investigate under the supervision of their new boss Klas Freden.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Beck 13 - Sender Unknown
Overview: Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and Alice Levander investigate the mysterious murder of an accountant that was found shot to death at the airport parking. At the same time a reporter receives a package from an anonymous source, with information regarding the embezzling of funds that should have been used for fixing up nuclear reactors. When the reporter contacts Beck, his home gets blown up by a bomb.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-02-13
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Beck 23 - The Silent Scream
Overview: Two young girls are killed on railway by a passing train. It does not seem to fit the profile of a normal suicide. So if this is a double homicide who would do this and why? Martin Beck and his team start following the step backwards in order to figure out what has happened. With good and intensive police work they find man side trails from the main path.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-09-17
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Beck 20 - The Lawyer
Overview: The murder of a prominent attorney is connected to one of his recent cases, in which a company was being sued for serious environmental damage. Martin Beck and Lena Klingström find evidence which brings new light to the investigation - but who's pulling the strings?
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-02-21
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Beck 19 - The Vulture
Overview: Swedish politician John Veden vanishes without a trace. There's no hint he's dead yet but Beck's team gets the case due to Police Chief Oberg's friendship with the man whom she dined with him the evening before he vanished. When they find out Veden was a gambler with heavy debts battling his addiction the case leads Martin Beck, Gunvald Larsson and freshly returned Lena Klingström into Sweden's illegal gambling scene. And Veden was planning to expose his own addiction and his party's huge financial profits from gambling in a confessional book - which his political allies got wind of via illegal data theft. With several people having an interest that Veden stays missing the team tries to find the politician and the true perpetrator while Beck is grappling privately with his ambivalent feelings about working with ex Lena again....
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-01-17
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Beck 18 - The Girl in the Root Cellar
Overview: A small girl is found dead in a deserted underground cellar. She has been dead for some time but there is fresh food for her. Who is she?
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-11-06
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Beck 15 - The Boy in the Glass Ball
Overview: Mother of an autistic boy is found murdered in her home. The boy holds the murder weapon, covered in blood..
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-04-10
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Beck 14 - The Advertising Man
Overview: A man is raping women after having met them through ads on public noticeboards. At first this seems like an easy crime to solve for Martin Beck and his colleagues but they soon discover that somebody's motivations are far more complex.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-03-20
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Beck 12 - The Loner
Overview: An Asian woman is found dead in the water of Stockholm's archipelago. She has been murdered and everything indicates that she was a prostitute. Meanwhile a series of break-ins has occurred on an island outside of Stockholm. Suddenly a retired old man is also found dead in his own yard. Now Beck has two cases to solve and they both point in the same direction.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2002-01-16
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Beck 11 - The Cartel
Overview: It's a dark night in Stockholm. A chef is murdered in his own kitchen and Martin Beck gets on the case.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-12-12
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Beck 10 - The Man Without a Face
Overview: A man is found dead, stabbed to death with a knife. The chocking thing is that his face has been removed. After questioning his wife who described the marriage as happy also told that a mysterious foreign man knocked on their door the day before the murder. Beck and his men are given the case.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2001-08-27
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Beck 07 - The Money Man
Overview: A homosexual police officer's double life is paid by Becks archenemy, Gavling. A man who runs Stockholm's underworld. In return have the homosexual police, been serving Gavling with secret information from the archive of the police authorities. Written
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-06-03
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Beck 06 - The Monster
Overview: A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-05-28
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Beck 05 - The Boarding House Pearl
Overview: Inspector Beck and his team get involved in a large-scale smuggling of cesium 133. A gang from the east uses refugees who with a promise to stay in Sweden and with danger to their own life take in the dangerous explosive chemical substance.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-04-08
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Beck 04 - Eye for an Eye
Overview: In this film Beck and his team are trying to find a serial killer, whose victims are spread all over Sweden. An obvious connection is that all the victims are women, and they were all in the same class, and Beck thinks that a scandal back in the past has something to do with the murders. But no one wants to talk about the past and it becomes a struggle to find the perpetrator before the final murder - only one woman is still alive.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-03-27
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Beck 03 - White Nights
Overview: When the police reveal a narcotic smuggling the driver is shot dead. It appears that the driver is Superintendent Martin Beck's son. Beck breaks down and moves out of the way. But on his colleagues request he returns.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama Mystery
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-02-27
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Dragonflies
Overview: Eddie and Maria enjoy an idyllic life in their remote countryside farmhouse. But their happiness is threatened by the arrival of Kullmann, an old friend of Eddie's with whom he had committed a crime that landed Kullmann in jail.
Genres: Drama Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: no
Release Date: 2001-07-05
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Alone in Berlin
Overview: Berlin in June of 1940. While Nazi propaganda celebrates the regime’s victory over France, a kitchen-cum-living room in Prenzlauer Berg is filled with grief. Anna and Otto Quangel’s son has been killed at the front. This working class couple had long believed in the ‘Führer’ and followed him willingly, but now they realise that his promises are nothing but lies and deceit. They begin writing postcards as a form of resistance and in a bid to raise awareness: Stop the war machine! Kill Hitler! Putting their lives at risk, they distribute these cards in the entrances of tenement buildings and in stairwells. But the SS and the Gestapo are soon onto them, and even their neighbours pose a threat.
Genres: War Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-02-15
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Beck 29 - Invasion
Overview: The bodies of two buried men are found and despite persistent attempts, they cannot be identified. When another man is murdered they discover new evidence that soon leads them to an Islamist terrorist cell.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-03-21
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Search
Overview: Woman, 38, no children no husband! Lisa wants a change of life. She starts internetdating, but it turns out that the more men she meets, the further from family happiness she finds herself. An absurdly realistic journey through the bright nights of the big city filled with friendship, love, sex and selfbetrayal!
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-09-08
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Creation of the Kingdom of Exodus
Overview: Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creative challenges Lars von Trier presents his cast and crew to bring his vision to life from script to shoot and to the screen at home.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: da
Release Date: 2022-11-20
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Beck 30 - The Hospital Murders
Overview: An elderly woman dies in a hospital in Stockholm and it turns out that she suffered from an incurable disease. Her son refuses to believe that it was the disease that was the primary cause of her death.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-03-28
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Ellinors bröllop
Overview: Peter and his friend Göran are both students, aged 21. Eight years ago Peter had a girlfriend, Ellinor, whom he has not seen since. One day he gets an invitation to Ellinor's marriage. After a brief meeting Peter decides that he must use any means possible to stop Ellinor from marrying her boring yuppie boyfriend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1996-11-08
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Beck 31 - Gunvald
Overview: An investigative journalist is found beaten to death in his home, where the fingerprints of a notorious criminal debt collector are also found. The murdered journalist has been threatened by right wing extremists, but it is the victim’s work with a book about “society’s dark side” that captures the Beck group’s interest. When the case takes an unexpected and terrible turn, there is suddenly much more at stake than finding the journalist’s killer. Martin Beck and his colleagues have never had to protect the balance of their professional and private lives with the same tenacity as they do now.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy
Overview: A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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The Siege of Jadotville
Overview: Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-19
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Odyssey
Overview: Johnson described the film as “true to the warped world we find ourselves existing in. This is also a story about the housing crisis and how cities terrorise people. Electric Shadow and Stigma are a perfect team.”
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-08
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Den starkare
Overview: Two friends meet at a café. The silent unmarried Mr Y and the outspoken married Mr X. When Mr X realises that Mr Y was his rival for his wife's love they enter a battle of the minds where the stronger will win.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2004-08-31
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King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Overview: When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword Excalibur from the stone, his life is turned upside down and he is forced to acknowledge his true legacy... whether he likes it or not.
Genres: Action Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-05-10
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The Cake General
Overview: Set in 1984, Hans Pettersson (Hasse P.) decides to create the largest sandwich cake ever made in order to put his home town, Köping, on the map.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-03-07
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X&Y
Overview: An artist has chosen a famous male actor for them together, in the context of a feature film, to deconstruct themselves and their invading roles. They engage in a boundless play with their surroundings in an exploration of identity, male and female.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger
Overview: 102 Years in the Heart of Europe: A Portrait of Ernst Jünger (Swedish: 102 år i hjärtat av Europa) is a Swedish documentary film from 1998 directed by Jesper Wachtmeister. It consists of an interview by the journalist Björn Cederberg with the German writer, philosopher and war veteran Ernst Jünger (1895-1998). Jünger talks about his life, his authorship, his interests and ideas. The actor Mikael Persbrandt reads passages from some of Jünger's works, such as Storm of Steel, The Worker, On the Marble Cliffs and The Glass Bees.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1998-04-15
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Cop Killer
Overview: A woman is found murdered in a closed amusement park. A young couple who happen to be there at the same time become, without their knowledge, suspects for the murder. They are chased by a large number of police but only Martin Beck believes them to be innocent.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Fatimas tredje hemlighet
Overview: - Now I will read some poetry for you all. The conditions are as follows: If during my reading I notice the least sign of disinterest, a yawn or a cough or a gesture of impatience, I will immediately terminate the reading. Poetry, like all deeper human activities, requires concentration.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1999-01-31
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Wonderful and Loved by All
Overview: Isabella Eklöf is an unemployed actress in her early thirties. Her friends all enjoy stable relationships, children and successful careers. In order to jump-start her life she decides to lie a bit on her next job application with unexpected consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-08-24
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Nigger
Overview: Nigger is a dark comedy about a young couple who are going to be parents. When the child comes, there's a surprise.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1990-11-25
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Miss Julie: 100 Years in the Limelight
Overview: Documentary about the play Miss Julie and dramatist August Strindberg
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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Bergman: A Year in a Life
Overview: The year 1957 was one of the most prolific for the Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman: he shot two films, released two of his most celebrated films and produced four plays and a TV movie while juggling with a complicated private life.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-07-12
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The Girl in the Spider's Web
Overview: After being enlisted to recover a dangerous computer program, hacker Lisbeth Salander and journalist Mikael Blomkvist find themselves caught in a web of spies, cybercriminals and corrupt government officials.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-25
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Gunnar Govin - en man, en röst, en resa
Overview: Gunnar Govin is making a home movie about the Sweden of today.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2003-02-05
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Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Overview: Two small-town singers chase their pop star dreams at a global music competition, where high stakes, scheming rivals and onstage mishaps test their bond.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-06-26
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One Eye Red
Overview: Halim has seen through it all. He has seen through the Integration plan a secret conspiracy that tries to turn all immigrants into Swedes. Unfortunately he has also seen through his own father, who has fallen victim to the Integration plan. But Halim has his own plan; he is going to be Sweden’s mightiest revolution immigrant and take a stand to save his father from forgetting his Arabic roots.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2007-09-07
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Till Sun Rises
Overview: Peder runs into his ex-girlfriend Hanna one day. They're happily married with new partners but although many years has passed Peder and Hanna are still attracted to each other. However, they don't want to jeopardize their marriages or cheat. One day they come across an antique book about dreams. With the help of the book, they manage to enter a dream world where they can live together in a life where anything is possible, while living their normal lives during the day. But soon enough it becomes hard to separate the dream world from reality.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2021-12-25
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Beck - bakom kulisserna
Overview: In the documentary Beck: Behind the Scenes we get an exclusive insight into the production of the latest Beck films (51 and 52). Here we are taken on a journey through the recordings and the technical details behind each film. We also meet the main actors who talk about their time in the Beck group.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-12-07
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Carl och spelreklamshelvetet
Overview: Internet comedian Carl Déman from the humor group JLC lived a life that looked glorious. But beneath the surface was a terrible gambling addiction that almost cost him his life. In 2019, he and other gambling addicts struggle to stay afloat in a contemporary age marinated in gambling advertising. Carl wants to ask those who make the advertising how they think and wonders why the advertising profiles now also come from the world of culture and entertainment.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2019-04-23
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Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott
Overview: The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in society. Thus was born the modern detective story. It has been over 50 years since the first book in the series came out and it would only be in the fall of the age that Sjöwall Wahlöö was celebrated as the creator of the entire modern detective genre.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-01-04
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