Wallander official uk final series trailer starring. Wallander tv series 20082016 the movie database tmdb. In the finale, wallander copes with his memory issuesand possibly losing grip on realitywhile striving to find lindas missing fatherinlaw, a former top official in the. Wallander tv series 20082016 tom hiddleston as magnus. Filming has started on young wallander, the new netflix original series about the beloved swedish detective young wallander. Inspector kurt wallander branagh and his team at ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of skane county, southern sweden.
Kenneth branagh discusses the final season on pbs by cindy mclennan, april 22, 2016 c casy craffordleft bank pictures television limitedyellow bird 2015. While investigating a womans disappearance in south africa, wallander discovers two severed fingers, which leads him to two starkly different worlds. The fourth and final season of wallander premieres on pbs, sunday, may 8, 2016. Kenneth branagh plays swedish detective kurt wallander in this crime drama for the bbc. Faceless killers, the man who smiled and the fifth woman. A fitting final battle for an everyman and a hero of nordic noir. Branagh opened up to press, including digital spy, back in 2016 about the end of the bbc series. Kenneth branagh has described how playing the angstridden eponymous hero in tv series wallander put him in a permanent, acceptable state.
Wallander always looks great, and this seasons second and third episodes, based on the final wallander novel, the troubled man, are a showcase for cinematography, interior design. The stirring detective series comes to an end in in 2016 as masterpiece mystery. The last episode was hard to watch, knowing that it would bring the end of the wallander series featuring branagh, and also because the subject matter was devastatingly realistic for so many who have cared for loved ones with alzheimers, or are perhaps experiencing the suffering of early. May 5, 2016 kenneth branagh initially found portraying kurt wallander, the addled swedish detective, so intensely disconcerting that he wore bright clothes and. Actor kenneth branagh on the legacy of wallander series author henning mankell. One of the uks leading actors, sir kenneth branagh is taking a walk on the dark side with a new series of the nordic noir thriller wallander our writer meets him. This series is made up of four distinct films, each one a mysterious journey into murder, deception, and baffling crimes.
Follow inspector kurt wallander a disillusioned everyman. Based on the international bestselling books by henning mankell. Reviewed in the united states on september 6, 2016. Netflix orders young wallander and new french revolution. An elderly couple, the lovgrens, are murdered at their isolated farmstead and mrs. 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 the final novel, trouble man, the subject of the bbcs new series, wallander struggles with dementia and his own mortality. May 5, 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. A television show centered on a soulsearching swedish cop. When this is leaked to the press a migrant labourers camp is torched and a foreign worker shot by anonymous right.
In his private life, he bonds with lindas fatherinlaw, a retired naval officer, who gets a menacing birthday greeting. Wallander, the final season continues on sundays, through may. In the final season, wallander faces a personal fear as he investigates three missingperson cases. Wallanders fourth and final season premieres in three episodes, sundays, may 8 22, 2016 at 98c. With kenneth branagh, richard mccabe, jeany spark, sarah smart. 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 around ystad in skane, southern sweden. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events.
The bad news is that the fourth series will be the last according to branagh. Wallander prequel is coming to netflix, two years after. In the finale, wallander copes with his memory issuesand possibly losing grip on realitywhile striving to find lindas. Actor sir kenneth branagh on new bbc thriller wallander. And you dont want wallander thinking your wife isnt alive, unless, of course, you dont want her to be alive. Wallander is a swedish television series adapted from henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring krister henriksson in the title role. The adventures of young wallander are coming to netflix. Wallander, the police procedural drama series adapted from swedish novelist henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring sir kenneth branagh will return, most likely, to bbc one and pbs in 2015. 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 three episode fourth series will consist of an adaptation of the white lioness and. Sir kenneth branagh as kurt wallanderc steffan hillleft bank pictures television limitedyellow bird 2015.
Based on the late, great henning mankells bestselling kurt wallander mystery novels, young wallander is an englishlanguage mysterycrime drama set 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. Season four dvd, 2016, 2disc set at the best online prices at ebay. It was the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an englishlanguage production. The final season, airing sundays, may 822, 2016 at 9pm et on pbs. An event in autumn, before the frost and dogs of riga. Wallander doesnt give much away, but he doesnt think shes alive.
A farewell to kurt wallander probably detective fiction. Kenneth branaugh excels as wallander, a detective who must hold his life together long enough to crack the case in this intriguing procession of. Wallanderthe final seasonsundays, may 8 22, 2016 at 9pm et on pbsshown. Swedish series based on the early life of henning mankells popular police. Watch wallander episodes online season 4 2016 tv guide. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander. Wallander season 4 2016 whats new on netflix canada. Lovgrens last word to wallander seems to be foreigners. Wallander tv series 2008 2016 tom hiddleston as magnus martinsson. The show is an adaptation of swedish author henning mankells critically acclaimed book series, the kurt. During pbs masterpiece wallander, the final season session at the television critics association winter press tour in pasadena, ca on tuesday, january 19, 2016, actor and executive.