The Man on the Roof (1976)

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Original title	Mannen på taket
Swedish release title	Mannen på taket
International title	The Man on the Roof
Distribution title	Manden på taget (Danmark) Komisario Beck tähtäimessä (Finland) Mannen på taket (Norge) El hombre en el tajedo (Argentina) El hombre en el tajedo (Spanien) The Man on the Roof (Storbritannien) De verschrikkelijke man uit Säffle (Nederländerna) L'uomo sul tetto (Italien) Un flic sur le toit (Frankrike) Man on the Roof (USA)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Mannen på taket

Director	Bo Widerberg
Screenplay	Bo Widerberg
Producer	Pelle Berglund (as Per Berglund)
Production Manager	Stefan Jarl
Director of Photography	Odd Geir Sæther Per Källberg
Music	Björn J:son Lindh (originalmusik)
Production Designer	Ulf Axén
Film Editor	Sylvia Ingemarsdotter (as Sylvia Ingemarsson) Bo Widerberg
Production Mixer	Lennart Dunér Peter Ekvall Leif Westerlund Jörgen Hasselblad Hasse Östlund (as Hans Östlund) Göran Carmback Thomas Samuelsson
Second Unit Director	Roy Andersson
Script Supervisor	Agneta Elers-Jarleman Ulla Stattin Ann-Christin Santesson (as Anki Santesson)
Unit Manager	Suzanne Branner Anita Tesler Boarne Vibenius (as Bo A. Vibenius)
Production Assistant	Ulla Alvarsson Anne von Sydow Godfried Talboom
Unit Publicist	Marianne Kander
First Assistant Cameraman	Hans Welin Åke Åstrand Roland Sterner John O. Olsson (as John Olsson) Lars Åke Palén
Assistant Cameraman	Tina Svensson Hanno-Heinz Fuchs (as Hanno H. Fuchs) Dan Myhrman Bo Widerberg
Gaffer	Bo Ahlgren Ted Lindahl
Key Grip	Inge Carlsson
Propman	Krister Lindell Mona Theresia Forsén Mikael Katzeff
Make-up Supervisor	Sven Lundén Irene Wolter
Weapons Coordinator	Karl-Erik Lexne (ej krediterad)
Foley	Jörgen Hasselblad
Re-recording Mixer	Sven Fahlén
Other Crew	Ulf Andersson (stuntman) Nils Skeppstedt (synkläggning och ljudöverspelning)

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt	Martin Beck, kriminalkommissarie
Sven Wollter	Lennart Kollberg, kriminalpolis
Eva Remaeus	fru Kollberg
Thomas Hellberg	Gunvald Larsson, kriminalpolis
Håkan Serner	Einar Rönn, kriminalpolis
Birgitta Valberg	fru Nyman, offrets änka
Harald Hamrell	Stefan Nyman, hennes son
Ingvar Hirdwall	Åke Eriksson, mannen på taket
Gus Dahlström	hans far
Bellan Roos	hans mor
Torgny Anderberg	polisintendent Malm
Folke Hjort	Melander, kriminalpolis
Carl-Axel Heiknert	Palmon Harald Hult, förste polisassistent
Gunnel Wadner	Martin Becks fru
Johan Torén (as Johan Thorén)	Axelsson, polis
Johnny Karlsson	Axelssons kollega
Lennart Nordlund	polisaspiranten på Sabbatsberg
Bo "Bosse" Landegren	"Geten", knarkaren som förhörs av Rönn
Jan-Erik Gustafsson	skärholmaren 1
Olof Tibell	Skärholmaren 2
Sofia Widtfeldt	flicka i fönster, bakifrån
Lisa Dahlberg	flicka i fönster, framifrån
Sven Lindblom	Norman Hansson
Gillis Lindström	man på toalett på Odenplan
Jan Alm	Bolin
Jerry Wiklund	polis som faller på balkong
Dan Lindhe	polis som skjuts i park
Frank Hollingworth	polis i polisbuss som kraschar
Herbert Ekman	polis i mörka glasögon på Odenplan
Hadar Johansson	Stig Nyman, poliskommissarien som mördas
Nina Widerberg	Martin Becks dotter
Nils-Gunnar Grimskog	helikopterpilot
Göran Hultin	helikopterpilot
Jan Sandquist	TV-reporter
Bo Holmström	TV-reporter
Karl-Erik Lexne	man som ser på TV
Jesper Antell	liten kille på trehjuling vid Eastmaninstitutet
Jens Torstensson	kille som plockar upp killen med trehjulingen
Bo Götegård	ambulansförare
Tom Eriksson	ambulansförare
Ruben Carlstedt	nyhetsuppläsare i radio
Nils Magnus "Massi" Svensson	journalist vid presskonferensen
Nils-Ingvar Lundin	journalist vid presskonferensen
Johan Widerberg	Johan, Kollbergs lille son
Bernt Nilsson	journalist på Odenplan
Michaela Jolin	flickan som skriker i bussen
Bo Widerberg	en man i röd tröja på Odenplan
Karin Bergstrand	kaffetant
Jan-Erik Styrvoldt	bandman
Ulf Andersson	stuntreserv för Carl Gustaf Lindstedt
Gert Rosberg	en man
Torbjörn Tännsjö	demonstrant
Krister Lindell	läkare

Production Company	Bo Widerberg Film AB
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet
	AB Svensk Filmindustri
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	AB Svensk Filmindustri	1976
	Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet	1994
Distributor in Sweden (DCP)	Studio S Entertainment	2019
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	SF Home Entertainment	2004
	SF Home Entertainment	2012
Laboratory	FilmTeknik AB

Stig Nyman, a hospitalised police, is murdered in his bed by an unknown assailant wielding a bayonet. Detective Inspector Martin Beck and his colleague Einar Rönn are assigned the case. As they find out who the murderer is and begin to understand what motivated him, reports come in that a lone gunman on a rooftop in Stockholm is shooting passers-by and has started killing the policemen that inevitably turn up at the scene. Beck and his men join the concerted police effort to stop the gunman, who is identical to Nyman's killer.

Censorship number	116137
Date	1976-09-24
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	3025 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 540-490-455-540-500-500 = 3025 meter.

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Colour
Colour system	Eastman Color
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3025 meter
Length in minutes	110 min
Reels	6 reels
Dialogue	Swedish

Original title	Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle (Novel)
Author	Maj Sjöwall
	Per Wahlöö

Stockholm

Sweden

1975-12-11

1976-08-22

Release in Sweden	1976-10-01	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	110 min
First showing	1976-10-01	Spegeln	Stockholm	Sweden	110 min
TV showing	1978-12-30	TV2		Sweden	106 min
	1984-01-29	TV2		Sweden	106 min
	1990-09-29	TV2		Sweden	106 min
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	1993-03-14
	1993-03-15
TV showing	1997-05-17	SVT1		Sweden	106 min
	1999-11-12	SVT1		Sweden	106 min
	2001-12-29	SVT1		Sweden	106 min
DVD release	2004-08-25			Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2011-10-14
	2011-11-22
	2011-12-04
DVD release	2012-12-12			Sweden		(ingår i boxen "Bo Widerberg - En Filmografi")
TV showing	2014-06-06	SVT2		Sweden
	2016-01-04	SVT1		Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2017-01-29	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden
Cinemateksvisning, arkivkopia	2017-01-29
TV showing	2017-04-14	SVT2		Sweden
	2018-03-07	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-03-11	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-03-16	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-03-25	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-04	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-08	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-12	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-19	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-23	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2018-04-27	TV4 Film		Sweden
	2022-01-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-01-30	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-04	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-02-27	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-03-25	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-05-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-02	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-06-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-07-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-23	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-08-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-16	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-20	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-10-28	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-11-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2022-12-08	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-01-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-01-29	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-02-03	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-02-17	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-02-26	SF Kanalen		Sweden	110 min
	2023-03-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-14	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-18	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-03-24	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-05-13	SF Kanalen		Sweden
VOD release	2023-05-19	SVT Play		Sweden		Antal dagar på SVT Play 30
TV showing	2023-06-01	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-06-12	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-07-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-15	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-19	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-10-31	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-11-11	SF Kanalen		Sweden
	2023-12-07	SF Kanalen		Sweden

Original title	LTO-tango
Composer	Björn Afzelius

Original title	Fjällbruden
Composer	Arthur Hedström	(1912)
Lyrics	Fritz Gustaf
	Oleg Quist

Silver Peacock	New Delhi	1977		Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt	(roll)
The Guldbagge Award	Stockholm	1977	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Håkan Serner	(för roller i denna film och i Bang!)
	Stockholm	1977	Best Picture		(Svenska Filminstitutets kvalitetsbidrag poäng 3,02)
Chaplin Magazine Award	Stockholm	1976		Håkan Serner	(roller i denna film och i Hallo Baby)
Festival Award	Naples	1976			(stora priset)

Minns ni? (1993)	Citation included from	The Man on the Roof (1976)
Bo Widerberg (1977)	Citation included from	The Man on the Roof (1976)
Mannen på taket [trailer] (1976)	Trailer to	The Man on the Roof (1976)

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

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Element type	Original picture negative
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Element type	Sound negative
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Element type	Sound negative
Carrier type	16 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording effects
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Intermediate audio recording music
Carrier type	17.5 mm

Element type	Final mix
Carrier type	35 mm

Element type	Video tape digital
Carrier type	Digital Betacam (PAL)

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Bo Widerbergs MANNEN PÅ TAKET
Designed by	Olle Frankzen

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Bo Widerbergs MANNEN PÅ TAKET

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	THE MAN ON THE ROOF
Tryckeri	Kwong yi printing press Ltd.
Designed by	Gary Lam

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	MAN ON THE ROOF A film by Bo Widerberg, based on a Martin Beck thriller Rated R

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2
Poster title	Bo Widerbergs MANNEN PÅ TAKET
Tryckeri	Tryckeri AB Småland

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	1

Size	Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity	1
Poster title	Un Flic Sur Le Toit

Type	Press Cuttings

Script type	Synopsis
Script title	Mannen på taket / sammandrag.
Extent	2 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mannen på taket. Filmmanuskript av Bo Widerberg. Baserat på Sjöwall-Wahlöös roman: "Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle".
Extent	128 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mannen på taket. Filmmanuskript av Bo Widerberg efter "Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle" av Sjöwall/Wahlöö.
Extent	98 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Extent	65 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista Mannen på taket.
Extent	65 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Mannen på taket.
Extent	65 s. + 1 s. dialoglista trailer.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Mannen på taket / engelsk textlista. The man on the roof.
Extent	83 s.
Language	English

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	The man on the roof.
Extent	52 s. + 1 s. trailer.
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Script type	Peripheral material
Language	Swedish

Script type	Inspelningsmanus
Script title	Mannen på taket. Filmmanuskript av Bo Widerberg. Baserat på Sjöwall-Wahlöös roman: "Den vedervärdige mannen från Säffle".
Extent	128 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Dialoglista Mannen på taket.
Extent	65 s.
Language	Swedish

Black and white print	SET
Colour prints	SET
Behind the scenes prints	SET
Slides	SET
Album	Yes

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Danish

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	English

Type	Program/Reklamtryck
Language	Swedish

Sound type	Sound
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	108 min
Dialogue	Swedish

Element type	Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type	ProRes

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
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