Season 1
56 min
S1 · E1 · Oct 4, 1996
Episode 1 Episode 1
56 min
S1 · E2 · Oct 11, 1996
Episode 2 Episode 2
2 episodes in Season 1
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
Blomman
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Love & Anarchy
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Benny Poulsen
Karlis Liepa
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Europa
The Kingdom
Stellan Skarsgård
Magnus Björk
Known for
Chernobyl
Andor
Charlotte Sieling
Baiba Liepa
Known for
The Kingdom
The Five Obstructions
Juris Kaminskis
Överste Murnieks
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Mirage
Sindikat-2
Pauls Butkevics
Överste Potris
Also in
Mirage
Naval Cadets, Charge!
Pēteris Liepiņš
Also in
The Times of the Surveyors
The Dogs of Riga
Leonīds Grabovskis
Also in
The Dogs of Riga
In the Shadow of a Sword
Ernst Günther
Known for
Fanny and Alexander
The Man from Majorca
Cecilia Zwick-Nash
Known for
The Substitute
Carina Lidbom
Known for
Sune's Summer
Swedes at Sea
Henning Mankell Creator · Per Berglund Director Lars Björkman Writer
Total runtime 1h 52m · Episode length 56 min · Type Miniseries
Show info
Premiered
October 4, 1996
Final episode
October 11, 1996
Status
Ended
Network
SVT2
Country
Sweden
Type
Miniseries
Episode length
56 min
Total runtime
1h 52m
Original language
Swedish
Production
SVT Drama
Production
Sweden
Produced in
Languages
Spoken on screen
Danish · English · Latvian · Swedish
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