> There's been some discussion of European's crime
fiction recently, which
> I don't plan to enter, except to support the
excellence of their police
> procedurals--an excellent way to "learn the
culture," IMHO.
>
> In that line, I've just had an opportunity to watch
several episodes
> of the Martin Beck series, adapted for Swedish
television, and would
> recommend them to any of you who can locate
them.
Make sure that you get the ones made in the early '90s with
Gö³´¡ Ekman as Beck. These were adaptions of the novels, and
yes, quite enjoyable. However, in the late '90s there were a
series of made-for-video films starring Peter Haber that
merely use the characters from the novels, and the one I've
seen was pretty much awful.
And for the real S&W deal, try to locate the 1976 movie
by Bo Widerberg, probably titled "The Man on the Roof" or
something similar.
> Very nice counterpoint
> of police team relationships against the search for
a killer. A
> hardboiled
> realism and sadness that few American series have
attained.
> Also heard of a German television series called
"Scene of the Crime."
> Anyone seen any of those episodes?
Hmm, should be the one originally titled "Tatort". Don't
remember much about it.
Another one that comes to mind is a handful of Finnish TV
adaptions of some of Matti Joensuu novels. Juri, do you know
anything about these? It was ages ago I saw them, but as I
recall they were pretty good.
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