Inspector Beck: Hot snow
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Hot snow |
| Original title | Vita nätter |
| Country of production |
Sweden Denmark Norway Germany |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| length | 85 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Kjell Sundvall |
| script | Rolf Börjlind |
| production |
Lars Blomgren Thomas Lydholm Ole Søndberg |
| music | Ulf Dageby |
| camera | Olof Johnson |
| cut | Tomas Tang |
| occupation | |
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Hot Snow is the second film in the crime series Kommissar Beck - The New Cases , which was produced in 1998 with Peter Haber and Mikael Persbrandt in the leading roles.
action
John Banck and Yvonne Jäder received information about an amphetamine shipment from Poland . They stop the truck and force the driver, Mikael Sjögren, to carry out the handover for his customer immediately. At the agreed meeting point, the police access it, but Sjögren is shot from a suddenly appearing BMW , who then dies of his injuries. The next morning Beck recognizes Sjogren in the report of the drug search as his son, who broke off contact with him years ago. Beck is shocked and isolates himself, even thinking of resigning.
Meanwhile, Gunvald and Lena are called to report a death in the "Eule" restaurant. There, human body parts were found in a grill, but identification is not possible because the head is missing. Gunvald suspects that the Stockholm criminal king Gavling has his fingers in the game and wanted to set an example with the murder.
Since Beck doesn't know anything about his son, he decides to at least get an idea of him after his death. In a discotheque he meets a social worker who doesn't want to know Micke, but explains to him how young people deal with drugs. Shortly afterwards, Beck begins an affair with the doctor Jeanette Bolin, who has operated on Micke without success after the shooting, but does not get on with the research on his son. He meets Mickes friend Nina, who tells him that Micke was angry, but also a little proud of his father.
Through the BMW, Beck and Lena establish a connection between Micke's murder and the one in the "Eule" and suspect that the dead person is the owner, Bengt Hakdahl. The head of the Central Purchasing Department tells them that the fixative they have used is being transported from hospitals to Poland. Beck suspects that amphetamines are made there from the fixative fluid and then come back to Sweden with hospital articles. And the person who was supposed to receive the amphetamines shot his son in the unsuccessful delivery. Using force, he learns from the head of the central purchasing department that the next handover will take place in a restaurant.
During the handover, however, there is an escalation, Gunvald shoots the deliverer, the distributor can initially escape, but does not escape. He turns out to be the social worker Beck met in the discotheque. Gavling could not be proven this time either.
Reviews
The critics at Kino.de come to the conclusion: "Very emotional consequence of the 'New Cases', in which it is also a lot about the private life of the solitary inspector, portrayed by Peter Haber."
The television magazine TV Spielfilm thinks: "Not 'new' for a long time, but still exciting and realistic."
Home video versions
The episode Hot Snow , like all other films in the series, was released on DVD and VHS . German dubbed films of the first season on DVD have been available since June 2010.
Web links
- Beck: Hot Snow in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Commissioner Beck: Hot snow in the Svenska Filminstitutet database(English / Swedish)
- Commissioner Beck - The New Cases (2): Hot Snow ( Memento from January 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Website of the ARD
Individual evidence
- ↑ Inspector Beck - The New Cases: Hot Snow Film Review at kino.de, accessed on January 3, 2015.
- ↑ Inspector Beck - The New Cases: Hot Snow Short review at tvspielfilm.de, accessed on March 13, 2016.