Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste

1980
1h 51m

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Derek Jacobi in Der Mann, der sich in Luft auflöste (1980)

A Swedish journalist disappears in Budapest and Martin Beck takes the case.A Swedish journalist disappears in Budapest and Martin Beck takes the case.A Swedish journalist disappears in Budapest and Martin Beck takes the case.

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Jacobi's worst

The book this miserable movie is based on is one of a series of police stories made by the duo Sjövall and Wahlöö, some resulting in very well-made movies, but this is terrible.

Derek, who is the policeman investigating, seems totally lost in this Swedish-Hungarian production, wandering around like a mentally handicapped guy not knowing where to go or what to do.

It's not really worth anything, not now and not when it was made. Sad to say!

Jacobi was dubbed by István Sztankay, a famous actor, just like Jacobi (recently seen as a slightly demented former teacher in the TV series Ludwig. A far better performance by Jacobi).

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Sir Derek Jacobi's Hungarian dubbing voice was István Sztankay.

Alternate versions
The German version is 3 minutes shorter, because the scene when Martin Beck is on vacation with his family on the beach, and his wife tells him that his colleagues were looking for him, as well as the scene when Martin Beck and Major Szluka have coffee at the Budapest police headquarters, were cut.