Commissioner Beck - The new cases
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Commissioner Beck - The New Cases (Season 1) Commissioner Beck (from Season 2) |
| Original title | Beck |
| Country of production |
Sweden Denmark Norway Germany |
| original language | Swedish |
| Year (s) | since 1997 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Episodes | 38 in 7 seasons ( list ) |
| genre | Detective film |
| Theme music | David Bowie - I'm Deranged (Season 1 only) |
| idea |
Maj Sjöwall Per Wahlöö |
| First broadcast | June 27, 1997 ( Sweden ) |
| German-language first broadcast |
April 25, 1998 on Das Erste |
Commissioner Beck - The new cases (from season 2: Commissioner Beck ; original title: Beck ) is a 38-part crime series from a Swedish-German co-production. It is based on motifs from the ten-volume series of novels published between 1965 and 1975 about a crime by the Swedish author couple Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö .
The series is about a team of investigators from the Stockholm Criminal Police, led by Martin Beck.
General
After six of the ten novels about Martin Beck had been filmed in 1993 and 1994 , the production of eight new films began in 1997. Since the stories were now based solely on the motifs of the cult books by the Swedish author couple Sjöwall and Wahlöö around the old fictional characters, the series was marketed under the name Kommissar Beck - The New Cases . While Das Erste was the community partner in the first season , the series ran from the second season in Germany on ZDF , which did without the title addition The new cases . Peter Haber achieved international fame with the portrayal of Martin Beck, as the series could be sold in many countries. A large part of the supporting actors was always switched between the broadcast seasons, over the years only Peter Haber, Mikael Persbrandt, Ingvar Hirdwall, Rebecka Hemse and Peter Hüttner remained loyal to the series. Stina Rautelin, who starred in the series in 1997 and 1998, returned in the third season. A special feature of the first season was that the forensic doctor Oljelund's actor, the Swedish actor Peter Hüttner , was replaced by the German actor Ottfried Fischer for the German version .
On January 27, 2014, Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced the production of 8 more episodes. It was first broadcast on Swedish television. The first 4 episodes of the 5th season were broadcast on ZDF in autumn 2015, the remaining 4 episodes in autumn 2016.
main actor
Martin Beck - Peter Haber , German dubbing voice Dieter Memel
- Martin Beck is the head of the investigation team of the Stockholm Criminal Police, around which the series revolves. He is divorced and has two children with his ex-wife Agneta. He has a close and good relationship with his daughter Inger, his son Michael Sjögren, who had disappeared by then, is shot in episode 1.02 Hot Snow , which plunges him into a deep crisis. He's even considering giving up his job. Martin Beck lives alone in an apartment in Stockholm and usually only has contact with his quirky neighbor, who always wears a ruff and red tinted sunglasses. While he seems to feel annoyed and annoyed by his neighbor at the beginning of the series, the two are closer friends in the third season. Towards the end of the first season, Martin begins a brief relationship with his colleague Lena Klingström, which ends when she is transferred to Malmö. As he himself admits in episode 3.03 The Game of Death , the failure of this relationship was a sign of personal failure for him. Beck's archenemy is the criminal king Ivan Lennart Gavling, who mostly acts in the background in several episodes of the first season. He knows Gavling from his first case, in which he dropped a baby from the eighth floor of a skyscraper while robbing a young family. In episode 1.06, The Death Trap , Gavling is killed by Beck.
Gunvald Larsson - Mikael Persbrandt , German dubbing voice Philipp Moog
- Gunvald Larsson is Martin Beck's partner and has worked with him for many years. He is good at dancing, hates jazz and speaks nine languages. He, too, has a personal crisis to overcome when he accidentally runs over a young girl in episode 1.04 Couriers of Death . In order to cope with and process this, he even thinks of adopting an " anchor child ". He is very irascible, tends to use unconventional investigative methods that violate service regulations, is quickly irritated during interrogation and does not shy away from using violence against suspects. As a result, he has been temporarily suspended several times and was about to be released from the police force. Gunvald's father disappeared without a trace a few years ago, and he also sees his sister Lillemor in episode 3.01 Broken Dreams for the first time in many years. In the third season he befriends Beck's daughter Inger, whose son Wilhelm is the same age as Gunvald's niece Simone, whom he takes care of in his spare time after the suicide of Lillemor's husband. Gunvald likes to wear expensive suits, preferably by Armani .
Lena Klingström - Stina Rautelin , German dubbing voice Elisabeth Günther
- Lena Klingström is the investigator in Martin Beck's team in the first and third season. She studied criminology at university, but then decided to train with the police. In episode 1.01 The Decoy , Benny Skacke and Gunvald raise her as a "cyber cop" because of her computer skills. In the episode Russian Roulette - following The Decoy in the original chronological order - she is ordered to join Martin's investigation team without the consent of Martin, but the corresponding scene is cut out in the German version. In episode 1.03, an eye for an eye , she is left by her long-time friend Stig. This experience and the violent suicide of serial killer Karin Lofjat that took place shortly afterwards had a traumatic effect on her at first. She has a brief relationship with Martin, which ends when she accepts a job in Malmö. In episode 3.02 The Dead Girl , Lena returns to Stockholm and, at Gunvald's request, applies for the position in her former team that was open after Alice Levander left. Lena doesn't want to talk about the reason for her return from Malmö. In episode 3.03, The Game of Death , she is almost raped by a criminal, which can only be prevented by the intervention of Gunvald.
Alice Levander - Malin Birgerson , German dubbing voice Claudia Lössl
- Alice Levander complements the investigation team after Lena Klingström was transferred to Malmö. The relationship between her and Gunvald is always tense. Her whereabouts - as well as that of many supporting actors - are unclear, after the end of the second season she no longer appeared.
Cast and dubbing
The German synchronization is created for a dialogue book by Martin Brink and the dialogue director Uwe Gaube by the synchronous company Bavaria Film GmbH synchronous in Munich .
| Role name | actor | consequences | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Beck | Peter Haber | 1.01– | Dieter Memel |
| Gunvald Larsson | Mikael Persbrandt | 1.01-5.05 | Philipp Moog |
| Inger Beck | Rebecka Hemse | 1.01–2.08, 3.03–3.04, 3.06–3.08, 4.02– | Sonja Reichelt |
| Valdemar (Beck's neighbor) | Ingvar Hirdwall | 1.01– | Michael Rüth |
| Oljelund | Peter Huettner | 1.01-1.06, 1.08-3.02, 3.04, 3.06-3.08, 4.02 | |
| Ottfried Fischer | 1.02–1.08 (only in the German version) | Ottfried Fischer | |
| Lena Klingström | Stina Rautelin | 1.01-1.06, 3.02-3.08, 4.02 | Elisabeth Günther |
| Oskar Bergman | Måns Nathanaelson | 3.01– | Dirk Meyer |
| Margareta Oberg | Marie Göranzon | 2.01-3.08 | |
| Joakim Wersén | Per Morberg | 1.01–2.01 | Jan Odle |
| John Banck | Michael Nyqvist | 1.01-1.04, 1.06-1.08 | Manfred Trilling |
| Yvonne Jäder | Anna Ulrika Ericsson | 1.01-1.04, 1.08 | Uta Zaradic |
| Jens Loftegård | Frederick Ultvedt | 1.01–1.08 | Claus Brockmeyer |
| Alice Levander | Malin Birgerson | 2.02-2.07 | Claudia Lössl |
| Josef Hillman | Hanns Zischler | 2.02-2.08 | Hanns Zischler |
| Bodil lettermark | Ing-Marie Carlsson | 3.01-3.08 | |
| Jenny Bodén | Anna Asp | 5.01– | Ilena Gwisdalla |
| Klas Fredén | Jonas Karlsson | 5.01-5.07 | Manou Lubowski |
| Steinar Hovland | Kristofer Hivju | 5.06– | Thomas Wenke |
Home video versions
The season distribution on DVD differs from the order given here. Seasons 5 and 6 have been combined into one season 5 on DVD.
Seasons 1, 2 and 3 were released on DVD and VHS.
A new edition of the third season of the two films of the 4th season was also released on DVD.
Season 5 was released in 2 parts on September 30, 2016 (episodes 1-4) and November 11, 2016 (episodes 5-8).
Season 6 is planned for May 7, 2018 on DVD.
Special films
- In Sweden, the series is not originally a television series. For example, the films of the first season were either released on video or even shown in theaters, only years later on television.
- Russian Roulette : In the original order, this episode was in second place of the first season, but was postponed to the end in the ARD broadcast. Several scenes were synchronized differently or cut out.
- The dead girl : In the second episode of the third season, Martin Beck travels to Berlin, where he works with Hans Sperling ( Dieter Pfaff ) from the ZDF crime series of the same name. In the episode Tödliche Kunst , the fifth film of the third season, Beck and Sperling meet again.
Episode list
season 1
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | Cinema release (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 1 | 1 | Beck (later: Lockpojken) | The decoy | June 27, 1997 | April 25, 1998 |
| 2 | 2 | Mannen med ikonerna | Russian roulette | September 26, 1998 | |
| 3 | 3 | Vita nätter | Hot snow | May 9, 1998 | |
| 4th | 4th | Öga for Öga | eye to eye | May 16, 1998 | |
| 5 | 5 | Parlan boarding school | Couriers of Death | May 23, 1998 | |
| 6th | 6th | Monstret | The monster | 5th September 1998 | |
| 7th | 7th | Money man | The death trap | September 12, 1998 | |
| 8th | 8th | Spår i mörker | Death Angel | October 31, 1997 | September 19, 1998 |
season 2
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | Cinema release (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 9 | 1 | Hämndens pris | Price of vengeance | June 21, 2001 | April 27, 2003 |
| 10 | 2 | Mannen utan claims | The man Without a Face | May 4, 2003 | |
| 11 | 3 | Cartels | The cartel | May 11, 2003 | |
| 12 | 4th | Enslingen | the recluse | May 18, 2003 | |
| 13 | 5 | Okänd avsändare | Sender unknown | September 14, 2003 | |
| 14th | 6th | Annonsmanns | Death by advertisement | September 21, 2003 | |
| 15th | 7th | Pojken i glaskulan | The boy in the glass ball | January 4, 2002 | September 28, 2003 |
| 16 | 8th | Sista vittnet | The last witness | October 5, 2003 |
season 3
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | Cinema release (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 17th | 1 | Scarpt would be | Broken dreams | June 28, 2006 | November 5, 2006 |
| 18th | 2 | Flickan i jordkällaren | The dead girl | November 12, 2006 | |
| 19th | 3 | Gaming | The game of death | November 19, 2006 | |
| 20th | 4th | Lawyers | The lawyer | November 26, 2006 | |
| 21st | 5 | The japanska Shungamålningen | Deadly art | November 4, 2007 | |
| 22nd | 6th | Länken the svaga | Deadly gang | March 23, 2007 | November 11, 2007 |
| 23 | 7th | Det tysta skriket | The silent scream | November 18, 2007 | |
| 24 | 8th | I guds namn | Murder of Margareta Oberg | November 25, 2007 |
Season 4
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | Cinema release (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 25th | 1 | I stormens öga | The shadows of the past | August 26, 2009 | November 29, 2009 |
| 26th | 2 | Levande grave | Buried alive | June 21, 2010 | December 27, 2009 |
Season 5
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | First broadcast (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 27 | 1 | Rum 302 | Murder in room 302 | January 1, 2015 | 4th October 2015 |
| 28 | 2 | Families | Family ties | January 10, 2015 | October 11, 2015 |
| 29 | 3 | Invasions | The invasion | March 21, 2015 | November 1, 2015 |
| 30th | 4th | Sjukhusmorden | Anatomy of death | March 28, 2015 | November 8, 2015 |
| 31 | 5 | Gunvald | Gunvald was shot | January 1, 2016 | October 16, 2016 |
| 32 | 6th | Steinar | The new | February 6, 2016 | October 23, 2016 |
| 33 | 7th | Vid vägs änd | Deadly impasse | 5th March 2016 | October 30, 2016 |
| 34 | 8th | Sista there | payday | 2nd April 2016 | November 6, 2016 |
Season 6
| No. (total) | No. (season) | Original title | German title | First broadcast (Sweden) |
First broadcast (Germany) |
| 35 | 1 | Ditt eget blod | Your own blood | 1st January 2018 | April 8, 2018 |
| 36 | 2 | The tunna ise | On thin ice | 3rd February 2018 | April 15, 2018 |
| 37 | 3 | Utan uppsåt | The outstretched hand | March 3, 2018 | April 29, 2018 |
| 38 | 4th | Djävulens advokat | Devil's lawyer | April 7, 2018 | May 6, 2018 |
Web links
- Beck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nordicfilmandtvfund.com/index.php/news/extras/beck-back-8-new-films/
- ↑ a b Commissioner Beck - The new cases. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on January 15, 2017 .