Kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander for three final thrilling stories, filmed in south africa, sweden and denmark. Filmed in ystad, the swedish setting of the novels, this series renders all spoken dialogue into english complete with idioms like done time, but keeps all onscreen written text in swedish with the exception of the screen of wallanders phone on occasions. Beautifully filmed, wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable and entirely believable character and bold, powerful stories. The current english version, which is locally much liked, is also the last. Wallander 2008 starring kenneth branagh and sarah smart on dvd and bluray. Follow inspector kurt wallander a disillusioned everyman as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the seemingly sleepy backwaters in and around ystad in beautiful southern sweden. About 40 metres away, the swedish language wallander film valnaden the ghost was being filmed at the same time. Such great shows i wish they would do more seasons. And yet its perfectly possible to watch all three wallanders and not feel overloaded. When wallander fans hear the name of the town of ystad, it will immediately ring a bell. How i ended up being really interested in a more highbrow variety of crime television, im not entirely sure, but both the english speaking and original swedish versions of wallander satisfyingly scratch that itch netflix has both the bbc and swedish productions of the show available for streaming, though the swedish version has only episodes 1426, which originally. I have listed the titles in the chronological and best reading order of the stories.
Every episode is based on a new story in the day and life of swedish detective cop kurt. It was the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an english language production. Sep 11, 2019 kurt wallander is returning to the small screen. The bbcs wallander has all three series available, which originally aired from november 2008 until july 2012. The bbc shows feel as if they missed the point or at least got such a radically different point from the wallander stories that it well could be from a different literature. Kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander in this collection of fulllength mysteries based on the novels by swedish author henning mankell. It is the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an english language production. Maine had the highest population of wallander families in 1840. On the kurt wallander trail in ystad, sweden the independent. Alas, this is the final swedish series and, in the most recently screened episode, we saw wallander rush to his closet and pull back the clothes to reveal a. The protagonist of many mystery novels, set in and around the town of ystad, 56 km 35 mi southeast of the city of malmo, in the southern province of skane. If you take one of the wallander guided tours you get to see most of the town and its mostly historic attractions. Most indoor scenes for bronthe bridge were also filmed here.
Rent masterpiece mystery wallander 2008 on dvd and blu. Social security administration public data, the first name wallander was not present. 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. Elegantly filmed, brilliantly acted and set in strikingly beautiful locations, wallander follows a flawed but deeply human detective keneth branagh a man who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth.
The bbcs series is based on the original swedish novels and tv seri. Brilliantly acted and visually dazzling, wallander is based on the bestselling swedish crime novels by henning mankell. Wallander s home turf, ystad, is in fact a sleepy coastal town even if the books of his creator, henning mankell, recorded scores of murders in a town with a population of only 18,000. Apr 26, 2009 kenneth branagh and the wallander team tell angellica bell how it feels to win the drama serial bafta at the british academy television awards. Wallander branagh is a realistically complex character that the audience gets to see every facet of. Wallander investigates the slaying of an elderly couple at a farmhouse.
Bbc1s english wallander series has comes to an end but bbc4 has new swedish wallander films from saturday. Wallander has been at the centre of 41 swedish and 12 british tv films all of. Wallander is a swedish television series adapted from henning mankells kurt wallander. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander daily. It was a long film, and there was a huge queue for the loo, remembers branagh, using the british term for the bathroom. The stories are very broad and detailed, always creative and different than the next. Bbc and kenneth branagh to film wallander in scandinavia and. Oct 09, 2014 actor and filmmaker kenneth branagh will film a fourth and final series of englishlanguage wallander stories for the bbc on location in sweden, denmark and south africa. The stories are set in ystad, skane near the southern tip of sweden. Netflix just announced production has begun on their upcoming tv show, young wallander. This series is made up of four distinct films, each one a mysterious journey into murder, deception, and baffling crimes.
Wallanders so good it makes me think i speak swedish. May 05, 2016 but when the crime drama wallander premiered. Start your free trial to watch wallander 2005 and other popular tv shows and movies including new releases, classics, hulu originals, and more. Wallander fans in the uk can look forward to watching yellow birds kurt wallander series on bbc4. The third series was filmed in the summer of 2011 in ystad and riga, latvia, and aired in july 2012. The successful series stars krister henriksson as kurt wallander and is filmed on location in ystad. Just outside of the city centre, the studios of ystad are te be found. Bbc and kenneth branagh to film wallander in scandinavia. Kenneth branagh and the wallander team tell angellica bell how it feels to win the drama serial bafta at the british academy television awards. Over the next three weeks we bid farewell to a minor bastion of brilliant british television as kenneth branagh makes his last appearances as kurt wallander in a final trio of 90minute films. Even the english version is shot in ystad, where wallander works.
Krister henriksson stars as kurt wallander, a jaded police detective ground down over. While the original is swedish, the bbc made their own version in 2008. A new episode from the swedishlanguage series will screen every monday night at 9. Wallander many people dont realize that there are actually two versions of this originally swedish police drama.
This was 100% of all the recorded wallanders in the usa. In the white lioness wallander is drawn into the case of a missing swedish national while attending a police conference in south africa. I dont think its hard to see what appeals to british audiences about. This is the stamping ground of television detective kurt wallander, and the. This website is dedicated to the bbcs english language television series about henning mankells fictional swedish detective kurt wallander starring kenneth branagh. Wallander starring krister henriksson trailer youtube. Based on the novels by henning mankell, the mystery series. The second is set in sweden, where wallander sets about finding the answer to a young girls disappearance, her mothers murder, and tracking the likely suspectsa local gang of violent bikers. Netflix has both the bbc and swedish productions of the show available for streaming, though the swedish version has only episodes 1426, which originally aired january 2009 until july 2010. Its fairly flat country and to british eyes at least relatively unpopulated, with sweeping fields that will remind you instantly of the long car journeys. Filmed in ystad, the swedish setting of the novels, it renders all spoken dialogue into english complete with idioms like done time, but keeps all onscreen written text in swedish with the exception of the screen of wallanders phone on occasions. The bbcs series is based on the original swedish novels and tv series.
Whilst wallander is attending a conference in south africa swedish national inga hedeman, an outreach worker, goes missing and local police chief van heerden, under pressure from ingas husband axel, asks wallander to investigate, partnered by widowed sergeant grace mthembu. Series 4 2015 starring kenneth branagh and sarah smart on dvd and bluray. For me the great joy of wallander is not the plots or the exciting police action, although they are interesting enough. Watch wallander 2005 streaming online hulu free trial. Visiting wallanders appartment in the film museum of ystad. The two were keen to use the red one digital camera, making wallander the first british television series to do so. The 1st series of films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by mankell.
Best movies and tv shows like wallander 2008 bestsimilar. There are also pages relating to the other wallander portrayals, including actors krister henriksson and rolf lassgard, as well as many other items of interest to wallander fans. The show is based in ystad, scania which is on the southern tip of sweden. Describing wallander, the inspector hero of the crime novels written by henning. I wouldnt expect a british series to be written in swedish, regardless of the setting or the original source. A leak of the wifes dying words leads to an outbreak of racist reprisals. In the novels, inspector wallander solves shocking murders with his colleagues. Apparently when henriksson was first urged to take on the role of wallander around 2004 he refused. The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in these three thrilling tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern sweden. Actor and filmmaker kenneth branagh will film a fourth and final series of english language wallander stories for the bbc on location in sweden, denmark and south africa. The final days of the britishaccented wallander the. It is possible the name you are searching has less than five.
The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in three thrilling tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern sweden. Kenneth branagh returns to his remarkable emmy and golden globenominated role as the soulsearching swedish cop in wallander iii, with three gripping new kurt wallander cases based on the. Wallander is the worldweary detective with uncanny instincts for investigation. The most wallander families were found in the usa in 1920. Detective kurt wallander makes for a great hero depicting an everyday cop out on a mission. Jun 05, 2016 we fell in love with kenneth branaghs englishlanguage version of wallander bbc one back in 2008 and stuck with him through four achingly stylish series. Interior sets were constructed at ystad studios under the supervision of anders olin, who also designed the sets of the. Inside the wallander theme song masterpiece official site.
If you like wallander you are looking for tense, psychological and serious movies or tv shows about with police investigation, murder, police detective, crimes, crime, life is a bitch and mystery themes of crime, drama and mystery genre shot in sweden or germany. Wallanders so good it makes me think i speak swedish nigel farndale on the weeks television, including bbc ones wallander and bbc twos twenty twelve. Visit ystad studios, scandinavias largest film studio is situated in ystad. The original episodes the pyramid sn 1 ep 4 episode 4 a light plane crashes near a beach and few days later, two elderly sisters are killed in their sewing supply shop. So what makes the detective such addictive viewing.
Second in line is krister henriksson who starred in the highly acclaimed tv series that began airing in 2005, the first of which before the frost was a featurelength film and was released in cinemas. Inside the wallander theme song masterpiece official. Inspector wallander returns to fight an everincreasing tide of crime in southern sweden. The second series was filmed from july to october 2009 and was broadcast in january 2010. No more did i expect the last emperor to be filmed in. If you dont, the big ones are st knuts square, the 12th century grey friars monastery and adjacent saint petri church and museum. Now theres a haunting quality to this song, which blends together elements of english folk and country. The swedish films are the slowestpaced, whereas the uk version allows you to spot people soren malling for instance, who played jan meyer in the killing.
If you like wallander you are looking for psychological, tense and bleak movies or tv shows about with police detective, police investigation, loneliness, crimes, crime, murder investigation and depression themes of crime, drama and mystery genre shot in uk or sweden. While there are literally hundreds of wallander film locations in and around. Yellow bird, formed by mankell, began negotiations with british companies to produce the adaptations in. Wallander is a british television series adapted from the swedish novelist henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring kenneth branagh as the eponymous police inspector. At the end of the wallander era, nordic noir has come into. Father brown father brown was originally filmed in the 1970s and based on the gk chesterson stories about a crimesolving british catholic priest. Wallander rolf lassgard 1994 to 2007 swedish tv film series kurt wallander is a fictional police inspector created by swedish crime writer henning mankell. In 1840 there was 1 wallander family living in maine. May 04, 2018 the awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in three thrilling tales set in the gorgeous landscape of southern sweden. This website is dedicated to the bbcs englishlanguage television series about henning mankells fictional swedish detective kurt wallander starring kenneth branagh. The opening episode of this latest and final series was set in sunscorched south africa, but this weeks wallander sees kenneth branaghs detective, kurt, back in a wintry skane pronounced. May 26, 2016 cinematically, this part of skane is drenched in what has become known as wallander weather, and the latest branagh trilogy was filmed in the haunting midwinter, in landscapes that are. Wallander is a swedish television series adapted from henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring krister henriksson in the title role.
The opening seven episodes of the acclaimed swedish crime drama series based on the novels by henning mankell. Hes a lousy father and boyfriend, he neglects his health, but nobody. Best movies and tv shows like wallander bestsimilar. Kenneth branagh has described how playing the angstridden eponymous hero in tv series wallander put him in a permanent, acceptable state of anxiety in an honest and engaging appraisal of. Yellow bird, formed by mankell, began negotiations with british.
In swedish with english subtitles a lifetime of police work has left detective kurt wallander with the look of a man whos seen too much. As a last name wallander was the 35,447 th most popular name in 2010 how unique is the name wallander. Wallander is a film series based on the kurt wallander novels written by henning mankell and was adapted into a miniseries or tv film by sveriges television svt between 1994 and 2006. Whilst wallander is attending a conference in south africa swedish national inga hedeman, an outreach worker, goes missing and local police chief van heerden, under pressure from ingas husband axel, asks wallander to investigate, partnered by.