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. It is the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an englishlanguage production. 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. Kenneth branagh delivers a bravura performance as swedish sleuth kurt wallander in three stories drawn from henning mankells bestsellers. The show is an adaptation of swedish author henning mankell. Kenneth branagh plays a swedish detective called kurt wallander in this crime drama for the bbc. Based on the awardwinning wallander novels by henning mankell.
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. Wallander investigates the murder of an elderly birdwatcher, found impaled on sharpened bamboo poles. The awardwinning drama returns as kenneth branagh resumes the role of wallander in three thrilling tales set in the gorgeous landscape of southern sweden. Oct 03, 2010 watch wallander faceless killers s2 e1 online watch online anytime. With karin bertling, rune bergman, kenneth branagh, jeany spark. With roland hedlund, david sibley, kenneth branagh, sally hurst. 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. When another man is reported missing, wallander realises he is looking for a serial killer. 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 as kurt wallander bbc tv series on dvd. When this is leaked to the press a migrant labourers camp is torched and a foreign worker shot by anonymous right wing vigilantes. Three elderly men, holger eriksson, gosta runfeldt and eugen blomberg, are murdered in seemingly unrelated incidents.
Wallander series 2 the man who smiled is available for online viewing through nov. Beautifully filmed, wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable and entirely believable character and bold, powerful stories. Watch wallander on masterpiece episodes online season 2. Nine wallander novels were made into films starring kenneth branagh as wallander. This crime drama stars kenneth branagh as kurt wallander. Faceless killers the man who smiled the fifth woman.
Yellow bird, a production company formed by mankell, began. Yellow bird, a production company formed by mankell, began negotiations with british companies to produce the. 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. 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 faceless killers, the man who smiled, and the fifth woman. The gritty crime drama stars kenneth branagh as swedish author henning mankells scruffy swedish police detective kurt wallander. Kenneth branagh plays kurt wallander, a moody detective whose personal life contains as many messy mysteries as his work does. The fifth woman kenneth branagh returns for a second season as.
Kenneth branagh initially found portraying kurt wallander, the addled swedish detective, so intensely disconcerting that he wore bright clothes and attended flower shows to. Buy, rent wallander, season 2 episode 1, is available to watch and stream on bbc america. Saison 2 bluray disc, 2010, 2 disc set at the best online prices at ebay. The taut faceless killers finds the weary swedish cop kenneth branagh with his hands full. Wallander series 2 complete dvd, 2010, 2disc set for. 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. Detective kurt wallander returns to investigate a series of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of skane, southern sweden. Jan 08, 2010 kenneth branaghs 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. With claire cox, howard swinson, kenneth branagh, david warner. Lovgrens last word to wallander seems to be foreigners. Stens secretary shows wallander a postcard of africa with a text threatening the lives of. In series 2 of wallander, kenneth branagh returns to pbss masterpiece. Saison 2 bluray disc, 2010, 2disc set at the best online prices at ebay. The fourth and final series was shot from october 2014 to january 2015 and premiered on german tv, dubbed into german, in december 2015.
In the final season, wallander faces a personal fear as he investigates three missingperson cases. It was the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an englishlanguage production. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander. Season 1 finds him tackling a series of engrossing mysteries. Kenneth branagh portrays henning mankells swedish detective kurt wallander in three episodes from the bbc series second season. 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.
Watch wallander faceless killers s2 e1 online watch online anytime. Wallander is a british television series adapted from the swedish novelist henning mankell s kurt wallander novels and starring kenneth branagh as the eponymous police inspector. Inspector kurt wallander kenneth branagh is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with one harsh and heartbreaking reality the demise of. He must battle his own demons as he works to solve a series of bizarre crimes in the seaside town of ystad in southern sweden.
Inspector kurt wallander kenneth branagh is torn between two disparate murders while dealing with. The second wallander series of three episodes aired initially in january 2010 on the bbc, and the third season aired in july 2012. Sir kenneth branagh is such a brilliant actor and an incredibly handsome man. Kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander in this collection of fulllength mysteries based on the novels by swedish author henning mankell. Kenneth branagh talks about final season of wallander. Kenneth branagh used to find playing wallander so grim, he went to flower shows to cheer himself up. Mystery, premiering on october 3 rd, as detective kurt wallander, a man who battles crimes and his own demons, in the. Beautifully filmed, wallander is a compelling series featuring an extremely likeable and entirely. The episodes of season 2 were released in a region 1, seven dvd set by music box films on may 29, 2012 under the title. None are mourned by their families, who regarded them as bullies and womanizers, which shocks wallander, whose.
They are in english and were or will be broadcast on bbc and pbs and are available on dvd. 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. Kenneth branagh, from wallander to murder on the orient. Wallander 2008 is available on netflix united states. Watch wallander season 2 episode 1 faceless killers. 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 mankells bestselling novels. Vicky frost joins the newly knighted actor in sweden to talk about the new series and his. Kenneth branagh has described how playing the angstridden eponymous hero in tv series wallander put him in a permanent, acceptable state. 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.
Jun 17, 2012 kenneth branagh used to find playing wallander so grim, he went to flower shows to cheer himself up. 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. No wonder kenneth branagh was nominated for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie with this serie and won the british academy television awards 2010. 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. Pbs masterpiece mystery series 2 jane austens world this post was mentioned on twitter by vic, suzi love. 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. Kurt wallander is a hardworking detective with a strong sense of integrity, but he also has a flawed and very human side. Wallander season 2 2010 i finally got around to watching to season 2 of the wallander, the british series devoted to the outer and especially inner life of novelist henning mankell s perennially depressed swedish detective, kurt wallander the great kenneth branagh in this version.
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