| The Man on the Roof | |
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 Swedish DVD cover | |
| Swedish | Mannen på taket |
| Directed by | Bo Widerberg |
| Screenplay by | Bo Widerberg |
| Based on | The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö |
| Produced by | Per Berglund |
| Starring | Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Sven Wollter Thomas Hellberg Håkan Serner |
| Cinematography | Odd Geir Sæther Per Källberg |
| Edited by | Sylvia Ingemarsson Bo Widerberg |
| Music by | Björn J:son Lindh |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | SF Studios, Swedish Film Institute |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | 4 million SEK |
| Box office | 11.5 million SEK |
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 1971 novel The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The film stars Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg and Håkan Serner.
Widerberg's direction was inspired by the 1971 American film The French Connection,[citation needed] and Widerberg would make 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).[1]
- ^ "Mannen på taket (1976)". Swedish Film Institute. 7 March 2014.