Swedish Pop Culture 2012 - Beck

 

A popular mystery novel series based around Martin Beck, a rather tired, disillusioned police officer that was later turned into a bunch of made-for-TV movies. Since 1967 the main character has been played by at least seven different actors in different countries, and some of the movies have nothing at all to do with the original books. My personal favorites (despite never having watched a single movie from start to finish) are the ones where Swedish and German television companies have agreed to split the bill, therefore having some of the cast speak German and later being dubbed into Swedish, and vice versa. It is truly a glorious moment in cinematic history.