Swedish detective kurt wallander investigates a series of violent murders in skane. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander. Jun 26, 2016 kenneth branagh fell into his love affair with the wallander mysteries by swedish author henning mankell 1948 2015 for the sheer pleasure of the reading, he told me over the. Based on the awardwinning wallander novels by henning mankell. 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.
Kenneth branagh is perfect as the world weary swedish cop who cares about his cases at the expense of his family and physical and emotional health. Jun 24, 2015 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. Michael caine and roger moore, both of whom ive worked with, offered only the insight that its handy to have the kneeling stool. Kenneth branagh, kitty peterkin, jeany spark, harry haddenpaton, terrence hardiman, barnaby kay, karen gledhill. With roland hedlund, david sibley, kenneth branagh, sally hurst. Kenneth branagh plays swedish detective kurt wallander in this crime drama for the bbc. 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. In faceless killers, wallander investigates the murders of an elderly farm couple near ystad, but when the wifes dying words are leaked to the public, spawning racist. When another man is reported missing, wallander realises. Wallander is the bbc adaptation of the swedish crime mystery novel series. The show is an adaptation of swedish author henning mankell.
Detective kurt wallander returns to investigate a series of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of skane, southern sweden. Tom hiddleston wallander season 1 episode 2 youtube. May 06, 2016 kenneth branagh tells an amusing story of how he met the late author henning mankell, the author of the wallander novels that are the basis of the pbs mystery series. An elderly couple, the lovgrens, are murdered at their isolated farmstead and mrs. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander in three new feature length episodes of the acclaimed detective. The series stars kenneth branagh as inspector kurt wallander, a swedish police detective who solves cases in the swedish countryside while dealing with his inner demons. Kenneth branagh plays kurt wallander, a moody detective whose personal life contains as many messy mysteries as his work does. For the earlier series starring rolf lassgard, see wallander film series. Stens secretary shows wallander a postcard of africa with a text threatening the lives of. As season two opens, in the episode titled faceless killers, wallander is drawn into an especially grisly and seemingly random slaying of an elderly farm couple.
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. The man who smiled, based on the novel by international bestseller henning mankell. Wallander internet movie firearms database guns in. Find out when wallander is on tv, including series 4episode 2.
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. For the bbc programme starring kenneth branagh, see wallander uk tv series. Wallander 2008 starring kenneth branagh and sarah smart on dvd and bluray. Click here and start watching the full season in seconds. Like the previous seasons, it is only three episodes long. A television show centered on a soulsearching swedish cop. Kenneth branagh portrays henning mankells swedish detective kurt wallander in three episodes from the bbc series second season.
Kurt wallander is a sensitive but brilliant detective a man who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth, even at the expense of his health and his family life. Wallander garnered branagh a golden globe nomination and a bafta for best drama series for the first season. Yellow bird, a production company formed by mankell, began negotiations with british companies to produce the. Kenneth branagh stars as the swedish crimesolving sleuth kurt wallander in this televised crime drama. The gritty crime drama stars kenneth branagh as swedish author henning mankells scruffy swedish police detective kurt wallander. The irish actor kenneth branagh kurt wallander and the english actor tom hiddleston magnus martinsson costar in this series as swedish men. Season 1 finds him tackling a series of engrossing mysteries. The show is an adaptation of swedish author henning mankells critically acclaimed book series, the kurt. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander. The fourth and final season of wallander begins airing sunday. Branagh trained at the royal academy of dramatic art in london. The premiere for wallanders fourth and final season aired last night, and star kenneth branagh recently said goodbye to the character in a radio. May 08, 2016 kenneth branagh initially found portraying kurt wallander, the addled swedish detective, so intensely disconcerting that he wore bright clothes and attended flower shows to cheer himself up.
Kenneth branagh interview for wallander kenneth branagh s television series wallander, now in its second season, centres on a worldworn detective looking for meaning in his life a role he inhabits to perfection, says craig mclean. Sir kenneth branagh, screenwriter, director, and one of the uks most remarkable actors, portrays the soulsearching swedish cop inspector kurt wallander in wallander, based on the international bestsellers by father of the nordic noir genre, henning mankell. 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. All toms scenes from season 1 episode 2 of the popular bbc series wallander. Wallander is a british television series adapted from the swedish novelist henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring kenneth branagh as the.
May 23, 2016 wallander ended its fourseason run on sunday night, may 22, with the episode the troubled man, which found kurt wallander kenneth branagh facing the dual challenges o. Kenneth branagh talks about final season of wallander. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander daily. Kenneth branagh delivers a bravura performance as swedish sleuth kurt wallander in three stories drawn from henning mankells bestsellers. Sir kenneth branagh chats about the wallander finale and directing blockbuster. Beautifully filmed, wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable. Jun 17, 2012 kenneth branagh used to find playing wallander so grim, he went to flower shows to cheer himself up. Kenneth branagh plays a swedish detective called kurt wallander in this crime drama for the bbc.
There are 3 stories on this dvd set which represents episodes 1 to 3 from season 2. The final days of the britishaccented wallander the. Wallander decides to resign from the police after killing a man in the line of duty. He went back on his decision after the success of the first season, and wrote the troubled man. Kenneth branagh stars as kurt wallander, the soulsearching swedish cop, based on the books by henning mankell. The series premiered in 2008 and has produced four seasons until 2015.
Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly birdwatcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta award winning role as inspector kurt wallander in three featurelength episodes of the acclaimed detective drama based on henning mankells bestselling novels. Oct 02, 2010 the first series, produced by yellow bird, mankells film production company, in partnership with left bank pictures, ran on pbs in 2009. May 04, 2018 kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander in three new feature length episodes of the acclaimed detective drama based on henning mankell s bestselling novels. Wallander internet movie firearms database guns in movies. Watch wallander on masterpiece season 5 full episodes. The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in three thrilling tales set in the gorgeous. 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. Kenneth branagh, from wallander to murder on the orient. Inspector kurt wallander kenneth branagh is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with one harsh and heartbreaking reality the demise of. The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in these three thrilling tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern. At odds with his family, friends, and fellow police, wallander is in his element tracking serial killers across the stark swedish. I got the fortunate opportunity to sit down with sir kenneth branagh this past winter as he promoted the fourth and final season of wallander which airs sundays at 9.
Rent masterpiece mystery wallander 2008 on dvd and blu. All three episodes from the fourth and final series of wallander are available in this collection, including wallanders trip to a conference in south africa which leads him to search for a missing countryman, a lost child whose mother has just been killed, and a final. In the dogs of riga wallander travels to latvia to assist the rigan police in the hunt for killers but soon finds himself entangled in a web of corruption with no one to trust. Kurt has a final vision of his father reassuring him as he succumbs to the same dementia that afflicted his artist dad. Quotes on being told he is to be knighted by queen elizabeth ii i was very, very, very surprised and i was very touched. Beautifully filmed, wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable and entirely believable character and bold, powerful stories. Kenneth branagh bids farewell to wallander in a moving final episode. Inspector kurt wallander kenneth branagh is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with. Jun 05, 2016 w e fell in love with kenneth branaghs englishlanguage version of wallander bbc one back in 2008 and stuck with him through four achingly stylish series so it was gratifying to see him get. Kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander in this collection of fulllength mysteries based on the novels by swedish author henning mankell.
Branagh also directed tom hiddleston in thor, which also contains mostly nonscandinavian actors playing scandinavian characters in that case, norse gods. Wallander season 2 kenneth branagh region 1 dvd very. Henning mankell had originally ended the wallander book series in 1999 before the frost, published in 2002, was actually meant to launch a spinoff series with linda wallander as the protagonist, while kurt appears only as a supporting character. The troubled man 3 3 wallander is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case. Spoilers for the episode do not watch if you havent seen the whole episode and do want to see it not just for tom. This website is dedicated to the bbcs englishlanguage television series about henning mankells fictional swedish detective kurt wallander starring kenneth branagh. This drama follows inspector kurt wallander a middleaged everyman as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and arou. Watch wallander season 2, episode 2 the man who smiled. The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in three thrilling tales set in the beautiful landscape of southern sweden.
Weary swedish cop kurt wallander kenneth branagh catches few breaks in season 2 of the gripping mystery series adapted from swedish crime author henning mankells inspector wallander books. Kenneth branagh has described how playing the angstridden eponymous hero in tv series wallander put him in a permanent, acceptable. Lawyer sten torstenssen tells wallander he believes his old fathers death in a car crash was homicide but wallander is reluctant to act until sten is found hanged and the pathologist claims that he was murdered. Vicky frost joins the newly knighted actor in sweden to talk about the new series and his. This crime drama stars kenneth branagh as kurt wallander. Oscarnominated actordirector kenneth branagh stars in the acclaimed mystery series.
Then we cut to the cobbled streets of the town where kenneth branaghs kurt wallander ambles along towards. With kenneth branagh, richard mccabe, jeany spark, sarah smart. Kenneth branagh, jeany spark, richard mccabe, et al. Kenneth branagh and rupert graves star in wallander. Kurt wallanders life is all about work and it is killing him. Wallander ended its fourseason run on sunday night, may 22, with the episode the troubled man, which found kurt wallander kenneth branagh. Kenneth branagh fell into his love affair with the wallander mysteries by swedish author henning mankell 1948 2015 for the sheer pleasure of the reading, he told me over the. The actor is fearless in depicting a tired, overweight and unkempt man who drinks too much, sleeps too. There are racial tensions when the immigrant community falls under suspicion following the murder of an elderly couple, and wallander also finds himself on t. It was the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an englishlanguage production.