Beck 19 - The Vulture

2007 1h 28m SV

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Synopsis

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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....

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Peter Haber
Martin Beck
Mikael Persbrandt
Gunvald Larsson
Marie Göranzon
Margareta Oberg
Ing-Marie Carlsson
Bodil Lettmark
Måns Nathanaelson
Oskar Bergman
Stina Rautelin
Lena Klingström
Peter Hüttner
Oljelund
Victor Ström
Gamen / Sebastian Manell

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kjell Sundvall
Writers: Cecilia Börjlind, Rolf Börjlind, Cecilia Börjlind
Languages: Swedish
Countries: Sweden

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Beck Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kjell Sundvall, shot by Olof Johnson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Anders Bagge. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Sebastian Amundsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Peter Haber and Mikael Persbrandt and Marie Göranzon carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0889576 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kjell Sundvall directs. Olof Johnson behind the camera. Anders Bagge scores. Sebastian Amundsen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Sweden. Dialogue in Swedish.

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Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 19 years ago.
3Part of the "Beck Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kjell Sundvall, shot by Olof Johnson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Anders Bagge. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Sebastian Amundsen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Peter Haber and Mikael Persbrandt and Marie Göranzon carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0889576 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 28 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.