Wallander | |
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Genre | Crime fiction |
Directed by | Stephan Apelgren Anders Engström Jørn Faurschou Jonas Grimås Leif Magnusson Charlotte Brandström |
Starring | Krister Henriksson Johanna Sällström Ola Rapace Mats Bergman Fredrik Gunnarsson Douglas Johansson Stina Ekblad Lena Endre |
Composer | Adam Nordén |
Country of origin | Sweden |
Original languages | Swedish English |
No. of episodes | 32 |
Production | |
Production locations | Ystad, Sweden |
Cinematography | Peter Mokrosinski Geoff Boyle |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Production companies | Svensk Filmindustri Yellow Bird ARD Degeto |
Original release | |
Network | TV4 |
Release | 14 January 2005 30 July 2013 | –
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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.[1] The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.[2]