Jesper Åvall

Polis, üç arkadaşın cinayetini araştırırken müfettiş Wallander, meslektaşı ve dostu Svedberg'i ölü bulur. İlk başta intihar sanılan bu ölümün ardında, Svedberg ile kurbanlar arasında bir bağ olduğu ortaya çıkar. Wallander, ipuçlarını takip ederek olaya karışan dördüncü bir kişiyi -akıl hastanesindeki genç bir kadını- keşfeder. Cinayetlerin sırrı, bu beklenmedik bağlantıda gizlidir.

A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.

Mariken Halle first asked around her neighborhood if she might make a school film about one of her neighbors. When that didn’t work, she and her small film crew began addressing people on the streets of Göteborg. How would they imagine a movie that they would want to star in? The results were far from fantastic – she encountered dismissively amused responses and boring, confused ideas. But some of the people she talked to were different. They try getting into their “life role” – and she begins to direct them....

Detective Kurt Wallander solves gruesome complex crimes in the city of Ystad, Sweden.