Sjöwall & Wahlöö - Berättelsen om ett brott (2016)

5.0/10 59 min Documentary

Overview

The whole story of how the books about Martin Beck came to be is told here. It's a love story. A young couple wanted to talk about the injustices in society. Thus was born the modern detective story. It has been over 50 years since the first book in the series came out and it would only be in the fall of the age that Sjöwall Wahlöö was celebrated as the creator of the entire modern detective genre.

Cast

Marie Richardson

Narrator (voice)

Maj Sjöwall

Self

Per Wahlöö

Self (archive footage)

Magnus Roosmann

Self - Voice reading from books

Tomas Alfredson

Self

Lee Child

Self

Michael Connelly

Self

Leif G.W. Persson

Self

Jan Guillou

Self

Ian Rankin

Self

Henning Mankell

Self

Jo Nesbø

Self

Michael Ondaatje

Self

Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt

Self (archive footage)

Gösta Ekman

Self (archive footage)

Peter Haber

Self (archive footage)

Mikael Persbrandt

Self (archive footage)

Rolf Lassgård

Self (archive footage)

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