Wallander (Swedish TV series)
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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(s) | Adam Nordén |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Original language(s) | Swedish English |
| No. of episodes | 32 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Ystad, Sweden |
| Cinematography | Peter Mokrosinski Geoff Boyle |
| Running time | 89 min. |
| Production company(s) |
Svensk Filmindustri Yellow Bird ARD Degeto |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV4 |
| Original release | 14 January 2005 – 30 July 2013 |
Wallander (Swedish pronunciation: [valˈlanːdər]) 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, Scania 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.
From 2005 to 2006, the first 13 new stories, starring Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander, were produced. The first film is based on the Henning Mankell novel Before the Frost and was released in cinemas. The rest of the films are original stories based on plots written by Mankell, with scriptwriting completed by others. Two more were theatrical releases, and the rest were released on DVD and shown on TV.
In 2008, a further 13 films were commissioned. Filming began in August 2008, and continued during 2009. The 13 episodes were released during 2009 and 2010.
The first of these films, Hämnden (The Revenge), was a theatrical release on 9 January 2009, directed by award-winning Paris-based Franco-Swedish director Charlotte Brandström. The remaining 12 films went directly to DVD in Scandinavia during 2009 and 2010, and were broadcast there at a later date. In the beginning of 2010, both Canvas TV in Belgium and BBC Four in the UK began airing the 13 episodes weekly, which meant that they both showed the two last episodes before these had been released in Scandinavia.
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