Wallander(TV show/series, 2005-2013)

Name: Wallander
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Released: 2005
Rating: 3.4

TV-MA

| 1h 29min per episode | Genres: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Scripted Reality in 3 seasons with 32 episodes

Rating: 3.4/5 (with 24 votes)

Wallander (Swedish pronunciation: [vaˈlǎnːdɛr]) is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels, starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The first season of thirteen films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The second season of thirteen films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad, Skåne near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost (#1), Mastermind (#6), and The Secret (#13) were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden (The Revenge), was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, aired in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson replacing the late Johanna Sällström as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013. ()

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About Wallander

Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.

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Wallander Seasons and Episodes

01/11/2013Season 3 - 6 episodes

#1 | 01/11/2013The Troubled Man

2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

Wallander has become a grandfather and is trying to seize the role as good as it goes, because he wants to be closer to his daughter Linda and her family. When Linda's father in law mysteriously disappears, Wallander is drawn into the case that takes him back in time to the Cold War and the submarine violations in the Stockholm archipelago. At the same time he's starting to suspect that something is not right with him...

#2 | 06/19/2013The Missing

3.4/5 (with 3 votes)

Kurt returns to work after a temporarly suspention. At the same time a girl disappeares which draws in the entire Ystad police and military looking frantically for her. When Kurt starts to work on the case, he begins to see similarities to a case he worked on ten years earlier, which hit him very personally.

#3 | 07/24/2013The Betrayal

1.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A young woman arrives at the Ystad police station to report her mother missing. Soon afterward the mother is found near the family home. Ystad police end up in a situation that constantly stirs up new topics, while police suspect that the father is the culprit. On a personal level Martinsson becomes increasingly worried about Kurt as he is starting to get more and more problems with his memory.

#4 | 08/21/2013The Loss

1.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A young woman is found dead in Ystad. When the police begin the case, they are told that the woman came from Moldova and that she worked as a prostitute in Sweden. Kurt, who leads the case, decides to seek out the woman's family in Moldova. When he returns to Sweden, he is involved in a car accident and takes a leave of absence from work. Around the same time Kurt finds where is forgetfulness comes from.

#5 | 09/25/2013The Arsonist

1.5/5 (with 1 vote)

Kurt Wallander has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, but has a hard time accepting it and are therefore trying to keep it a secret for the surroundings. At the same time an arsonist who has served his sentence is freed from prison.

#6 | 10/23/2013The Man Who Wept

1.5/5 (with 2 votes)

It's almost Christmas and Kurt is troubled by his memory disease. He realizes that it will soon be necessary to tell his colleagues and the rest of the world that he is sick. But he finds it difficult to give up his job, his only identity. In Ystad, there is a brutal kidnapping of a famous restaurateur, Paolo Salino. Kurt takes on the case but is forced to enlist the help of his colleague Jenny from the police in Malmö.

01/09/2009Season 2 - 13 episodes

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01/14/2005Season 1 - 13 episodes

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Additional Information

Production countries: Denmark, Sweden

Shot in: Ystad

Based on the work of: Henning Mankell ("Wallander novels")

Made by: Canal Plus, TV4 Sweden, Yellow Bird Films, Film i Skåne

Original language: Swedish (SV)

Spoken languages: Swedish (SV)

Translated into 13 languages: Bosnian (BS), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 01/14/2005

Last episode released on: 10/23/2013

Cast: Krister Henriksson, Nina Zanjani, Mats Bergman, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Stina Ekblad

Creator: Henning Mankell

Directors: Kjell-Åke Andersson, Peter Flinth, Stephan Apelgren, Jonas Grimås, Anders Engström, Charlotte Brändström, Agneta Fagerström-Olsson, Mikael Marcimain, Kathrine Windfeld

Screenwriter: Henning Mankell, Per Berglund, Rolf Börjlind, Hans Rosenfeldt

Film Editor: Mattias Morheden

Composer: Adam Nordén

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Mankells Wallander"

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