The Man on the Roof
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| Swedish | Mannen på taket |
| Directed by | Bo Widerberg |
| Screenplay by | Bo Widerberg |
| Based on | The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö |
| Produced by | Per Berglund |
| Starring | Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt Sven Wollter Thomas Hellberg Håkan Serner |
| Cinematography | Odd Geir Sæther Per Källberg |
| Edited by | Sylvia Ingemarsson Bo Widerberg |
| Music by | Björn J:son Lindh |
Production companies | SF Studios, Swedish Film Institute, Bo Widerberg Film AB |
| Distributed by | SF Studios, Swedish Film Institute |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Budget | 4 million SEK |
| Box office | 11.5 million SEK |
The Man on the Roof (Swedish: Mannen på taket) is a 1976 Swedish police procedural-thriller film directed by Bo Widerberg. It is based on the 1971 novel The Abominable Man by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. The film stars Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg and Håkan Serner.
Widerberg's direction was inspired by the 1971 American film The French Connection, and Widerberg would make one more crime film in 1984: The Man from Majorca.
The film won two Guldbagge Awards in 1977, for Best Film and Best Actor (Håkan Serner).