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Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

Crime thriller based on a novel by Henning Mankell.

Detective Wallander is haunted by the spectre of a murder he was unable to prevent as a young policeman. Years after the event the daughter of the murder victim, now a heroin addict, dies of an overdose.

A distressed Wallander is assigned to investigate the crash of a light airplane and a detonated armour piercing shell is found in the wreckage. A few days later, two elderly sisters are killed in an explosion in a sewing supplies shop. Traces of an advanced explosive are found in the burnt-out shop and evidence soon mounts to indicate that both events are tied to a showdown between two rival narcotics gangs.

Last on

Fri 18 Nov 2011 01:30 BBC Four

Credits

Author
Henning Mankell
Kurt Wallander
Rolf Lassgard
Maja
Marie Richardson
Martinsson
Lars Melin
Lisa
Kerstin Andersson
Emilia
Gunilla Abrahamsson
Forhorsledare
Mats Andersson
Frank
Tommy Andersson
Emma
Lia Boysen
Bohle
Dag Elfgren
Skidmasken
Seth Engstrom
Director
Daniel Lind Lagerlof
Producer
Daniel Alfredson
Producer
Lars Pettersson
Writer
Michael Hjorth

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