Wallander is a good drama series made sublime by the brilliance of branagh ben dowell salutes a series that is finishing with three specials and is notable for its captivating central man. For the swedish television series starring krister henriksson, see wallander. 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. The final days of the britishaccented wallander the. Describing wallander, the inspector hero of the crime novels written by. The season 4 premiere of wallander finds the north irish actor, kenneth branagh, playing a swede in south africa here, branagh reveals what it was like to be out of his usual surroundings. His beautiful eyes are mostly full of sadness and his soul is full of compassion. The last episode was hard to watch, knowing that it would bring the end of the wallander series featuring branagh, and also because the subject matter was devastatingly realistic for so many who have cared for loved ones with alzheimers, or are perhaps experiencing the suffering of early alzheimers or other dementiarelated diseases themselves. With terrence hardiman, kenneth branagh, john lightbody, jeany spark. With kenneth branagh, bonnie henna, john kani, deon lotz.
K urt wallander is visiting a fellow swede at the charity programme he runs for young offenders outside cape town. Wallander series 4 sir kenneth branagh as wallander there is poignancy in the fact things start to go wrong for wallander at the very moment where he seems to be getting his life back together. All three featurelength episodes from the third series of the bbc crime drama starring kenneth branagh as the swedish detective. The first series of wallander aired in 2008 and subsequent films have appeared at sporadic intervals because of the difficulty of securing the services of lead actor kenneth branagh and the rest. Wallander series 4 the final chapter 2 dvds uk import.
Henning mankell kurt wallander series 01 faceless killers duration. The show is an adaptation of swedish author henning mankell. Warning, contains wallander season 4 premiere spoilers. Kenneth branagh is back as inspector kurt wallander in the final season of wallander, based on the novels of henning mankell. Kenneth branagh and wallander win a bafta duration. Dealing with northern europes most violent and deranged criminals, wallander also battles personal demons and appalling health habits, which led him to be diagnosed with diabetes. The gritty crime drama stars kenneth branagh as swedish author henning mankells scruffy swedish police detective kurt wallander. Wallander season 4 mustknows season 4 wallander programs. Now, as he starts to lose his memory, his greatest fear is that he is succumbing to the. With kenneth branagh, richard mccabe, jeany spark, sarah smart. Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing swedish national while attending a police conference in south africa. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander daily.
Kenneth branagh tells an amusing story of how he met the late author henning mankell, the author of the wallander novels that are the basis of the pbs mystery series. Wallander, starring kenneth branagh, the fourth and final season of. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander in three featurelength episodes of the acclaimed. Great show i binged on all 4 seasons and it was quite a ride of emotions. Henning mankell with kenneth branagh the thing that marked henning as different from his fellow swedes was the range of brightly coloured african shirts that he would habitually wear. Kenneth branaghs last day as kurt wallander masterpiece. Sir kenneth branagh is such a brilliant actor and an incredibly handsome man. Actor kenneth branagh explores the background of kurts trip to south africa in the white lioness. 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. This series is often compared to the swedish version. Wallander series 4 episode 3 the troubled man, based on the book of the same title is the last case for kenneth branagh as kurt.
Shot like a miniseries, or a movie for tv, i admit i am impressed with his ability to flex. Kenneth branagh has described how playing the angstridden eponymous hero in tv series wallander put him in a permanent, acceptable state. Wallander tv series 20082016 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Summary of season 4 2015 2 discs kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander for three final thrilling stories, filmed in south africa, sweden and denmark. Season 1 finds him tackling a series of engrossing mysteries. The fourth and final season of the moody mystery series finds the oftmorose swedish police detective kurt wallander kenneth branagh facing his biggest fearthat hes following his fathers. Watch wallander on masterpiece season 5 full episodes. Kenneth branagh returns to his bafta awardwinning role as inspector kurt wallander. Fourtime oscar nominee kenneth branagh brings the scruffy swedish detective to life in the masterpiece mystery.
In the white lioness wallander is drawn into the case of a missing swedish national while attending a police conference in south africa. Kenneth branaugh excels as wallander, a detective who must hold his life together long enough to crack the case in this intriguing procession of. Dame judi dench exposed herself to kenneth branagh. Kenneth branagh plays a swedish detective called kurt wallander in this crime drama for the bbc. The actor is an executive producer on the series as well as playing kurt. Kenneth branagh offers a bittersweet goodbye to wallander.
This is the english adaptation of wallander bbc1, sunday, the kenneth branagh. 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. The actor reflects on his friendship with the late godfather of nordic noir as the swedish detective returns for a final series. Click here and start watching the full season in seconds. He is frequently photographed in closeup looking worried, but we never know really why he should feel like this. In the season 4 premiere, wallander becomes involved in the search for a missing swedish woman while in south africa for a police conference. Four years after the last series aired, wallander is back for one final run. Get your nordic noir on and find out everything you need to know before wallander, starring kenneth branagh, returns to masterpiece on pbs. This article is about the bbc programme starring kenneth branagh. Kenneth branagh plays kurt wallander, a moody detective whose personal life contains as many messy mysteries as his work does. Wallander series 4 sir kenneth branagh as wallander there is poignancy in the fact things start to go wrong for wallander at the very moment where. Season four dvd kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander for three final thrilling stories, filmed in south africa, sweden and denmark. Kenneth branagh is returning for the mystery crime thriller show. Wallander on masterpiece season 5 full episodes watch.
It is the first time the wallander novels have been adapted into an englishlanguage production. Inspector kurt wallander branagh and his team at ystad police station investigate a number of violent and terrifying murders in the beautiful setting of skane county, southern sweden. Branagh has never been a perfect fit for the role of the beloved. Compared to the swedish original television series, when ralf lassgard played the detective as an overweight, moody personality, who often vented his frustrations on possible suspects, branagh cuts an anodyne figure. Kenneth branagh talks about final season of wallander. Season 3 of the engrossing mystery series adapted from swedish crime author henning mankells inspector wallander books finds the morose police detective kenneth branagh experiencing good. Kenneth branagh returns as detective kurt wallander in this collection of fulllength mysteries based on the novels by swedish author henning mankell. Wallander is drawn into the case of a missing swedish national.
Wallender is the swedish equivalent of inspector morse. The dizzy episodes and disorientation he was experiencing in episode two of the series have continued and the programme begins with his doctor urging him to reveal his alzheimers diagnosis to his family. Doing the final episodes of wallander were bittersweet for branagh. For the swedish television series starring krister henriksson, see. Sir kenneth branagh chats about the wallander finale and directing blockbuster films. Kenneth branagh faces the end of wallander masterpiece. After an incident with a group of local bikers kurt visits his doctor for a check up. Wallander kenneth branagh nostalgia byrneperfection.
In the series finale, family tensions and cold war secrets surface as wallander races against time to find lindas missing fatherin. Elegantly filmed, brilliantly acted and set in strikingly beautiful locations, wallander follows a flawed but deeply human detective keneth branagh a man who takes each murder case he works on personally and will stop at nothing in his search for the truth. Kenneth branagh returns as kurt wallander for the final season of wallander on pbs. Kurt is in a race against time as he embarks on his final case the disappearance of his daughters fatherinlaw. In this instalment, wallander must investigate the disappearance of a swedish citizen while attending a conference in south africa.
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