Wallander - Season 1 - Eps 11: The Black King
The Ystad Police finds a boat in Ystad harbour resembling a slaughter house. There is blood everywhere, but no bodies. Soon there after a dead woman’s body floats ashore. One of the clues in the investigation leads to Oskar Ung, an old love of Linda Wallander. Their previous relationship hinders Linda's work with the case, and Kurt demands that she leaves the investigation But that turns out to be easier said than done. Old love never rusts.
About Wallander
Title: Wallander
First Air Date: 2005-01-14
Last Air Date: 2013-10-23
Status: Ended
Rating: 7/10 (from 54 votes)
Language: SV
Seasons: 3
Total Episodes: 32
Network: TV4
Genres: Drama, Mystery, Comedy, Crime
Production Companies: Yellow Bird, TV4, Film i Skåne, Danmarks Radio (DR), Canal+
Synopsis
Wallander is a Swedish television series adapted from Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander novels and starring Krister Henriksson in the title role. The 1st series of 13 films was produced in 2005 and 2006, with one taken directly from a novel and the remainder with new storylines suggested by Mankell. The 2nd series of 13 films was shown between 2009 and 2010. The stories are set in Ystad near the southern tip of Sweden. The three films Before the Frost, Mastermind, and The Secret were premiered in cinemas, with the rest first released as direct-to-DVD movies. The first episode of the second series, Hämnden, was released in Swedish cinemas in January 2009; the rest of the series was made for television. The BBC aired all 26 episodes of the Swedish television versions on BBC Four. A third and final season, containing six 90 minute episodes, will air in 2013 with Charlotta Jonsson as Linda Wallander. The first episode, adapted from the novel The Troubled Man, was released in cinemas in January 2013.
Cast
Krister Henriksson
Kurt Wallander
Charlotta Jonsson
Linda Wallander
Signe Dahlkvist
Klara Wallander
Mats Bergman
Nyberg
Fredrik Gunnarsson
Johan Svartman
Douglas Johansson
Jan Martinsson
