Crimes of Passion (film series)

Crimes of Passion
International promotional poster
Directed by
Based onSix novels
by Maria Lang
Produced byReneé Axö
Starring
Cinematography
  • Mats Axby
  • Andres Rignell
  • Rolf Lindström
  • Jan Jonaeus
  • Andréas Lennartsson
Music byKarl & Pär Frid
Production
company
Pampas Produktion AB
Release date
  • 8 March 2013 (2013-03-08)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySweden
LanguageSwedish

Crimes of Passion is the English collective title for a series of six feature-length crime films released in 2013, based on six of the early novels of the prolific Swedish crime novelist Maria Lang (real name Dagmar Lange), written in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The films were co-produced by Svensk Filmindustri and Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4.

The first film was released in Swedish cinemas on 8 March 2013, and received indifferent or poor reviews from most Swedish critics.[1] The remaining five were released on DVD in Sweden during the autumn of 2013 and were all made available on TV4's subscription video on demand service TV4 Play Premium in June 2014.[2] In October and November 2014, the six films were shown on TV4's DTTV service.

On 11 December 2013 BBC Four announced that it had bought the British broadcasting rights to Crimes of Passion,[3] with the series premiering on BBC Four on 30 August 2014.[4] The films have been described as Mad Men meeting The Killing.[5]

  1. ^ "Mördaren ljuger inte ensam" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  2. ^ "TV4 Play: Maria Lang" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 27 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  3. ^ "BBC Four announces three brand-new drama acquisitions". BBC. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ^ "BBC Four - Crimes of Passion - episode guide". BBC Four. BBC. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ White, Peter (22 November 2013). "BBC4 acquires Scandinavian Mad Men-esque drama". Broadcast Now. Retrieved 22 December 2013.