A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to help but when he returns to his home country he is mysteriously murdered. Kurt flies to Riga to find out why and is drawn into complex conspiracy.
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Cast
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Rolf Lassgård
Kurt Wallander
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Björn Kjellman
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Benny Poulsen
Karlis Liepa
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Stellan Skarsgård
Magnus Björk
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Charlotte Sieling
Baiba Liepa
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The Kingdom
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Juris Kaminskis
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Pauls Butkevics
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Hundarna i Riga
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Hundarna i Riga
In the Shadow of a Sword
Ernst Günther
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Fanny and Alexander
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Cecilia Zwick-Nash
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Carina Lidbom
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Per Berglund Director · Henning Mankell Writer Lars Björkman Writer
First release November 9, 1995 · Produced in Denmark, Latvia, Sweden · Languages Danish, English, Latvian, Swedish
Production
DR
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SVT Drama
Production
Danmarks Radio (DR)
Production
TV12
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Denmark · Latvia · Sweden
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Languages
Original title
Hundarna i Riga
Original language
Swedish
Spoken on screen
Danish · English · Latvian · Swedish
Release dates
Sweden · November 9, 1995
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Sweden
October 4, 1996 · TV · Part 1 - SVT2
October 11, 1996 · TV · Part 2 - SVT2
December 3, 2003 · Physical · DVD
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