WALLANDER (KENNETH BRANAGH) - BLU-SERIES 2

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Crime, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Kenneth Branagh stars as Swedish detective Kurt Wallander in six feature length dramas based on the best-selling detective series by Henning Mankell - an international publishing phenomenon.; ; The Swedish dream is shattered as a once idealistic Kurt Wallander struggles against a rising tide of violence and corruption in the small town of Ystad in Skane, Southern Sweden - while also facing his own personal demons.; ; ; Detective Kurt Wallander, who 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. In this collection of six feature-length dramas, living and working in the idyllic southernmost Swedish city of Ystad, the world-weary detective has to come to terms with a upsurge of baffling murders and crimes seemingly at odds with the normally tranquil setting of the popular tourist region. Episodes are: 'Sidetracked', 'Firewall', 'One Step Behind', 'Faceless Killers', 'The Man Who Smiled' and 'The Fifth Woman'.
• Cast: Sarah Smart, Polly Hemingway, William Scott-Masson, Tom Hiddleston, Sadie Shimmin, Boel Larsson, Jessica Lloyd, Sally Hurst, David Warner, Sanchia McCormack, Tom Beard, Richard McCabe, Jeany Spark, Karen Gledhill, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Martin, Niall MacCormick, Henning Mankell, Richard Cottan, Peter Harness, Richard McBrien
• Director: Philip Martin
• Runtime: 9:00
• Company: A Left Bank Pictures, Yellow Bird, Film i Skåne, TV4 Sweden, TKBC, ARD Degeto Film, WGBH Boston, BBC, 2 entertain Video Ltd.
• Media Format: Series