

Beck 06 - The Monster
1998-05-28 · 87 min · ★ 5.6
A bomb threat is called in to a police station in Stockholm. The police bomb squad blows the briefcase to pieces and it looks like false alarm, until a baby is found inside. Soon, e-mails are sent out to every newspaper about the nasty situation that the police had tried to keep secret. Will the police ever overcome the "Monster"?
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- Directors
- Harald Hamrell
- Production companies
- Filmlance International, Frankfurter Filmproduktion GmbH, Victoria Film
- Countries
- Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Peter HaberMartin Beck
Mikael PersbrandtGunvald Larsson
Stina RautelinLena Klingström
Per MorbergJoakim Wersén
Ingvar HirdwallGrannen
Rebecka HemseInger
Peter HüttnerOljelund
Mia BensonÅklagare Lindgren
Björn GeddaSture Andersson
Magnus RoosmannGert Ahlgren
Steve KratzPolis 1
Lars HanssonFöreståndare Blå Hjorten
Boman OscarssonJournalist 1
Johan HedenbergLimousinmannen
Viktor FribergKonduktör Nils Bertling
Olle JanssonExpressen Åke MagnussonTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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