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Wallander

2005TV-MA3 seasons6.9 / 10

Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.

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Synopsis

Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.

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Episode 1

The Revenge

1h 30m5.8 / 10

An explosion in one of Ystad's power grids shuts down the electricity in the whole city. Wallander (Krister Henriksson), who is in the middle of a crayfish party at his newly bought house with his colleagues, are called in in the middle of the night. At the same time, the municipal commissioner of Ystad, who has just approved and inaugurated an exhibition showing pictures of Muhammed, the muslim prophet, at the city hall, is being murdered in his house. With less policemen than usual due to various reasons, Wallander and his men are having a hard time taking care of both cases. It gets even worse when several cars placed on various roads outside Ystad explodes, the security service (SäPo) are asking questions, and the police commisioner calles in the army to keep Ystad safe. As to make things even more complicated for Wallander's (From IMDB)

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Directed by Charlotte BrändströmWritten by Hans RosenfeldtGuest stars Lars Väringer, Jens Hultén, Anna Ulrika Ericsson, Michel Riddez, Ia Langhammer, Dan Kandell, Duncan Green, Johan Wikström

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Episode 2

The Guilt

1h 28m5.2 / 10

6 year old Albin Landberg disappears without a trace from his kindergarten, and all of Ystad get involved in the family's and the police's ever more desperate search for the boy. The clues lead Kurt Wallander and his colleagues to a convicted paedophile, newly released from prison after finishing serving his jail term. But also towards a series of revelations that turn out to be more horrible and complicated than any of them could ever imagine.

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Directed by Leif MagnussonWritten by Pernilla OljelundGuest stars Jan Mybrand, Wallis Grahn, Tanja Lorentzon, Charles Wojnicki, Birk Henriksson Hedener, Ulf Eklund, Josefin Iziamo, Peter Öberg

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Episode 3

The Courier

1h 27m5.2 / 10

A motorcycle rider is found murdered by the police, and the trail leads them to a local MC Club. The Club uses other riders to smuggle drugs across the Öresund bridge. Wallander believes that players outside of the MC club are trying to claim the local drug market when all clues indicate that the victim was one of the couriers. Only when Wallander's colleague Isabel gets violently assaulted in her home does he understand the lengths they will go to to achieve their goal.

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Directed by Leif MagnussonWritten by Stephan Apelgren, Stefan ThunbergGuest stars Sophus Kirkeby Windeløv, Beate Bille, Rafael Pettersson, Dragomir Mrsic, Zeljko Santrac, Tomas Köhler, Inga Landgré, Mats Eklund

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Episode 4

The Thief

1h 26m5.0 / 10

A wave of burglaries sweep through Ystad. A group of neighbours in the affected area decide to take matters into their own hands and start a neighbourhood watch. During one of their night shifts they spot a suspicious man and give him a serious beating. The next day both the man and his car are missing. The Ystad police get contacted by a desperate Polish woman reporting her husband missing. The case is given low priority, but Wallander decides to take a closer look at the case and soon sees a potential solution as the clues lead him to a tghtly knit group of neighbours. The missing man’s body has still not been found, but Wallander finds a series of pictures of a dead woman on the missing man’s phone .....

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Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Lars LundströmGuest stars Jacob Ericksson, Shanti Roney, Kalle Westerdahl, Karin Lithman, Kola Krauze, Vera Veljović-Jovanović, Philip Zandén, Jessica Zandén

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Episode 5

The Cellist

1h 28m5.0 / 10

A Russian concerto Cello player is the victim of a bomb attack after a performance in Ystad. The woman turns out to be a lead witness in a murder charge against a member of the Russian mafia, the son of one of their leaders, Leb Munchin. Wallander and his colleagues find themselves in the middle of a war against a powerful international opponent with ruthless methods. But Walalnder suspects that Leb Munchin’s motives aren’t about money and a quick profit, rather they relate to something much deeper. Eventually Walander stands eye to eye with an aged criminal who is ready to fight his last fight with all the means at his disposal.

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Directed by Stephan ApelgrenWritten by Stephan Apelgren, Lars LundströmGuest stars Sandra Stojiljkovic, Magnus Roosmann, Fredrik Dolk, Baard Owe, Göran Graffman, Christian Fiedler, Siw Erixon, Elias Faingersh

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Episode 6

The Priest

1h 25m5.2 / 10

A parish priest is found shot outside of a hostel in what apears to be a cold blooded execution. Wallander and his colleguaes are searching for clues while the priest, who is believed to be able to identify the perpetrator, is fighting for his life in hospital. The police pursues the crime as a crime of passion after discovering that he has had an extra marital affair. Bur where is the weapon, and which of the betrayed parties has the strongest motive?

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Directed by Henrik GeorgssonWritten by Pernilla OljelundGuest stars Tobias Aspelin, Lena Carlsson, Figge Norling, Livia Millhagen, Robert Jelinek, Marcus Nilsson Björk, Mariah Kanninen, Cecilia Hjalmarsson Milldoff

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Episode 7

The Leak

1h 28m5.0 / 10

Ystad is experiencing a rapid increase in high profile robberies against armored transports. Where cars are set on fire, highways are blocked and large sums of money disappears. Isabel and Pontus, the trainee police officers, happens to be in the right place e at the right time and enter into a high speed Car chase that ends with Pontus benefiting hostage.

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Directed by Henrik GeorgssonWritten by Stefan AhnhemGuest stars Michael Segerström, Ulrika Ritter, Martin Aliaga, Nicholas Riesbeck, Susanne Karlsson, Marienette Dahlin, Åsa Forsblad, Kimmo Rajala

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Episode 8

The Sniper

1h 29m5.2 / 10

A sniper is Ystad in horror and his victims are persons connected to a jewel heist. Wallander soon understand that there are links to a criminal organization. In a failed attempt to shoot the last two that are linked to each other's coup Wallander's colleague, Pontus into a race to the death. Wallander is now forced to conduct an investigation in which the shooter list has been expanded with a name - Pontus Young.

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Directed by Agneta Fagerström-OlssonWritten by Stefan ThunbergGuest stars Stefan Sauk, Örjan Ramberg, Reuben Sallmander, Tom Ljungman, Antti Reini, Ivan Mathias Petersson, Özz Nûjen, Petra Hultberg

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Episode 9

The Angel of Death

1h 28m4.8 / 10

A guest playing chorus of young women are successful at the premiere of a rural church outside Ystad. As a member, 18-year-old Miranda Dahno, disappear without trace from the school where the choir live in called the police soon. At first, suggesting that most of Miranda's absence voluntary - but soon found tracks that indicate the contrary. The exciting quest for both victim and perpetrator leads Kurt Wallander, police aspirant Isabell, and their colleagues against several persons who have been standing near Miranda

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Directed by Agneta Fagerström-OlssonWritten by Pernilla OljelundGuest stars Lia Boysen, Nour El Refai, Sofia Pekkari, Grete Havnesköld, Mats Blomgren, Susan Taslimi, Miran Kamala, Martin Wallström

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Episode 10

The Ghost

1h 28m5.0 / 10

Arson is suspected when a house burns to the ground following a gas explosion and a man and a woman are found dead. Wallander and the Ystad police investigate and uncover an intricate web of lies, betrayal and secret love affairs.

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Directed by Mikael MarcimainWritten by Lars LundströmGuest stars Iben Hjejle, Per Morberg, Dejan Čukić, Felix Engström, Anna Bjelkerud, Cecilia Runesson, Sven Ahlström, Rasmus Troedsson

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Episode 11

The Heritage

1h 31m4.8 / 10

When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski,with whose wife Manfred was having an affair but Jan is found hanged - later evidence suggesting foul play. Benjamin Wilkes,an ex-psychologist who helped Manfred select redundancy candidates,is killed in the same way as Manfred,putting disgruntled ex-Brada employees in the frame but a third slaying implicates a former patient of Wilkes,who has connections to the Stjarne family. A newly loved-up Isabelle and Pontius start to fool around whilst on surveillance,taking their eye off the ball and allowing this suspect to confront Claire.

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Directed by Mikael MarcimainWritten by Anton MoritzGuest stars Annika Hallin, Ruth Vega Fernandez, Björn Andrésen, Kenneth Milldoff, Björn Andersson, Jessica Liedberg, Simon J. Berger, Sven Nordin

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Episode 12

The Collector

1h 28m5.2 / 10

Isabelle and Pontus pass out as police officers but he is dismayed when she says she wants to put their affair on hold in order to travel.Her plans are cut short when she joins the investigation into the death of her friend from the gym,Therese,murdered by burglars. Therese's loser ex-boyfriend Fabian is in debt to very heavy people and offers them her jewels but is he the killer? Violent boxer and ex-con Patrik Lippowski,a former lover of Isabelle,who fled from him and changed her name from Rebecka to Isabelle to escape him,is another suspect,but he is murdered with Isabelle's gun. In finding the killer Pontus's love for Isabelle is put to the test whilst Wallander advises Katarina when her bitchy teen-aged daughter starts stealing.

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Directed by Kathrine WindfeldWritten by Stefan ThunbergGuest stars Sverrir Gudnason, Nina Zanjani, Emil Forselius, David Dencik, Rafael Edholm, Fredrik Hiller, Robin Stegmar, Patrik Karlson

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Episode 13

The Witness

1h 28m5.2 / 10finale

Corrupt businessman Filip Pasolic stands trial for bringing illegal workers into Sweden and using them as slave labour. Wallander is injured by a car bomb intended for Kristina,who is prosecuting Pasolic and she is given police protection. At the same time pressure on the illegal Lithuanian work force to re-build Ystad's recycling centre in time for it to get an E.U. grant results in two men being killed,one of whose little sister,Natalia,sees construction manager Zoran bury the corpses. She goes to the police and implicates Zoran but takes off again with Zoran in pursuit. Wallander can link Zoran to Pasilic and needs to find him before he gets to Natalia in order to strong-arm him into testifying against Passilic. He also has to dissuade Katarina from resigning as,due to witness intimidation,the case is going against her.

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Directed by Kathrine WindfeldWritten by Stephan Apelgren, Pernilla OljelundGuest stars Noah Valdfogel, Henny Åman, Thomas Hanzon, Claes Ljungmark, Lisa Werlinder, Georgi Staykov, Nina Norén, Håkan Paaske

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More about Wallander

Cast

Krister HenrikssonKurt Wallander
Johanna SällströmLinda Wallander
Charlotta JonssonLinda Wallander
Signe DahlkvistKlara Wallander
Ola RapaceStefan Lindman
Mats BergmanNyberg
Fredrik GunnarssonJohan Svartman
Lena EndreKatarina Ahlsell

Credits

Created by
Henning Mankell
Written by
Per Berglund, Cecilia Börjlind, Rolf Börjlind, Stefan Ahnhem, Stefan Thunberg, Stephan Apelgren, Pernilla Oljelund, Lars Lundström, Stefan Ahnhem, Ola Saltin, Petra Revenue, Niklas Rockström, Malin Lind Lagerlöf, Peter Birro, Ulf Ryberg, Anna Fredriksson

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
32
Original language
Swedish

Networks & production

  • TV4Sweden
  • Yellow BirdSweden
  • TV4Sweden
  • Film i SkåneSweden
  • Danmarks Radio (DR)Denmark
  • Canal+France

Themes

based on novel or bookdetectivenordic noirsmall townswedenthrillerystad