''The Unfinished Supper'' (, ) is a 1979 Soviet police film about

Martin Beck Martin Beck is a fictional Swedish police detective and the main character in a series of ten novels by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, collectively titled ''The Story of a Crime''. Frequently referred to as the Martin Beck stories, all were ada ...

, directed by

Jānis Streičs Jānis Streičs (born 26 September 1936) is a Soviet/Latvian film director. Streičs' 1991 comedy film ''The Child of Man'' was runner-up for the Chicago International Children's Film Festival Rights of the Child Award in 1994. It had previously b ...

, based on the novel ''

Murder at the Savoy ''Murder at the Savoy'' (original title: ''Polis, polis, potatismos!'' literally "Police, Police, Mashed Potatoes!") is a 1970 crime novel by Swedish literature, Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö. It is the sixth book out of ten in the ...

'' (1970).

Plot

At a banquet in the "Savoy" restaurant, which resembles a café, a prominent Swedish businessman and head of the Palmgren conglomerate is murdered. As the investigation progresses, it becomes increasingly evident that the true cause of the tragedy lies in state-level corruption, implicating a powerful governmental mafia. However, the investigators are instructed not to delve too deeply into these connections. To expedite the investigation, renowned criminal police commissioner Martin Beck is dispatched from the capital, accompanied by a security police (SEPO) inspector sent to monitor the proceedings. Throughout the case, both the police and SEPO inspectors behave rudely, frequently drinking beer and refusing to show identification. Despite these challenges, the team eventually identifies the murderer as Berthold Svensson, an unemployed former employee of Palmgren's conglomerate. Svensson confesses to committing the crime out of a desire for revenge.

Cast

*Romualds Ancāns as

Ingrīda Andriņa Ingrīda Andriņa (23 June 1944 – 17 September 2015) was a Latvian stage and film actress. Biography Born in Riga, Andriņa graduated from the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in Moscow in 1967 and began working at the Latvian Nat ...

as Anna *Lilita Bērziņa as Fru Grengren * Pauls Butkēvičs as Backlund * Jānis Paukštello as Benny Skacke *Lilita Ozoliņa as Sonya * Ivars Kalniņš as Mats Linder

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