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Movie poster: Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy (1997)
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Beck 01 - The Decoy Boy

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1997 · 90 min Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
6.3 / 10 · TMDB

A man working at a garbage incinerator discovers the body of a dead man burned to ashes in the oven. Police detective Martin Beck handles the case. All he knows is that a brutal murder has happened. But he does not know when or where. He has no body, motive or a crime scene, not a single trace. All he has is some teeth and a mysterious Internet address...

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Original Title Beck 01 - Lockpojken
Year 1997
Country Denmark, Germany, Norway
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Pelle Seth
Runtime 90 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.3/10 (38 votes)

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Director Pelle Berglund constructs a procedural that relies on the meticulousness of old-school detective work clashing with the anonymity of the digital age. He explores the chilling disconnect between a brutal physical crime and its nearly erased traces, building tension through methodical deduction rather than action.

What lingers after the credits is a quiet unease about how easily a person can be reduced to data and ash. A compelling start to the Beck series for those who appreciate detectives who think. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Pelle Seth

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Best watched attentively on a grey evening, immersed in the slow-burn investigative details.

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