The man on the roof

SPECIAL EDITION * DIGITALLY RESTORED

GOLDEN BAG FOR BEST FILM

"ONE OF SWEDEN'S BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME" SVT, Filmkrönikan

"ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST DETECTIVES. A MASTERPIECE. WORLD CLASS!" TV4 (2020)

One night, a patient is murdered at Sabbatsberg Hospital. An extremely violent murder with a bayonet. Martin Beck is put on the case, which is complicated by the fact that the murdered man is a former police officer. The clues quickly lead in a direction that puts Beck and his colleagues in the line of fire. Meanwhile, somewhere in Stockholm, a heavily armed man climbs onto the roof of a high-rise building…

After four decades, THE MAN ON THE ROOF is still the number one detective film in the country. During its premiere year, the film was seen by 750,000 Swedes in cinemas and was also an unusually successful international film, sold to 40 countries. Studio S presents this epoch-making film in digitally restored condition .

BONUS MATERIAL ON THE BLU RAY EDITION: WITH A SIGHT TO REALISM. Documentary about the film by Ronny Svensson, with Sven Wollter, Stefan Jarl, Roy Andersson and others (78 min) * COMMENTARY TRACK with Sven Wollter and Stefan Jarl * SJÖWALL & WAHLÖÖ'S CRIMINAL WORLD. Documentary from 1974 (37 min) * RADIO AND TV SPOTLIGHTS, including Bo Widerberg's TV introduction in 1978 * CLIPS FROM "WIDERBERG", Karsten Wedel's portrait film from 1977 (13 min) * IMAGE GALLERY * ORIGINAL TRAILERS * TRAILERS FOR THE NEW PREMIERE IN CINEMAS 2020