Swedish Wallander Series 2

I didn't find the English version 'unwatchable' but KB really annoys the hell out of me with his continual sobbing and self-pity. I think he's meant to show his inner turmoils etc but for me it does't work. Much prefer Henriksson's interpretation of Wallander. The whole series (Swedish) version is wonderfully cast, scripted and acted whereas the English version of those is seems so much weaker to me in those areas.
 
After him getting beaten up and having his privates electrocuted a few weeks ago Svartman should be a laugh a minute but he seems to have a permanent hang-dog expression :)
 
I raved about the Branagh Wallander - and I still will, as a tour de force by Branagh. I loved the longeurs and stillness of it all.

Having said that I found this to be equally entrancing. I have not watched the first series at all, and for about 15 minutes I found it difficult to force KB from my mind - but once I got over it, I found this Wallander to be equally riveting. It is lighter in tone but just as absorbing - but blimey, the murder rate seems a bit high!
The only thing I did not like was Wallander's horrible hair colour!

I look forward to the rest of the series.

PS Hello TT!
 
I loved this episode. I have been critical of some of the earlier episodes in this series, but I thought that last night they really got it right.

There was less of Kurt's romance, but more of Svartman. All the implausible elements (the two trainees out on patrol togther etc) were justified since they made the show exciting.

Some weeks we have had unlikely events for no good reason (why bury the bodies under the football pitch???) which added nothing worthwhile to the drama, but I did not feel that about anything last night.
 
Nearly missed it. Fortunately its Thursday night and they are repeating episode 1. phew.

Journalists are getting so lazy nowadays, look at the radio times listing for tonight. I doubt that is the cast list.

Wallander

Thursday 01 April
10:00pm - 11:30pm
BBC4
1/13 - The Revenge

Original Swedish TV adaptation of Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander detective series. Kurt Wallander has finally achieved his dream and bought a house by the sea, enjoying long summer evenings and strolls on the beach with his dog. But his peace and quiet is shattered when the town's power station blows up. As more acts of sabotage follow, Ystad is in chaos and Wallander fumbles in darkness as he tries to chase down the culprits. In Swedish with English subtitles.

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Subtitled, Widescreen
Cast

* Krister Henriksson,Johanna Sallstrom,Ola Rapace,Fredrik Gunnarsson,Mats Bergman,Stina Ekblad

Directed by: Stephan Apelgren, Charlotte BranRABtrom

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At first I thought it was another repeat of series one, but I don't remember that being the first episode.
 
Thanks for that jt, saw it was on 9 til 11 and was going to catch it iplayer coz i was early shift this morning, but ended up watching the whole thing, excellent.:yawn::yawn::yawn:
luckily it was quiet at work today:D:D
 
Isn't it just S............all those children died in American flooRAB, but the headline news England 1 USA 0...........do you think the BRITISH Broadcasting Corporation would have had the same headlines if it was Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales playing:confused:..............stupid question really:)





I think Svartman is just an extra now:D




Seemed strange EC how Isabelle was leaving with her reputation intact.............leaving at all in fact.............Will there not be court cases, will Leo not mention in his defence the hold he had over a police officer regarding drugs..............how would they keep it under wraps?..............I know it's only television:D:D
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I quite agree. Nearly everyone I've seen who came to Series2 after Series1 were very disappointed in the Isabella and Pontus characters during the first several episodes. Linda and Stefan got right under my skin. Just you wait, Pat (I'll say no more :sleep: ).



Anyone remember Italian drama serial "Octopus"? Of its time it was another Wallander in ethos and quality. I think it was the second series that they dubbed - ruined! :cry:

parthena
 
Your best source, almost always, for this type of information is imdb.

Here is the page for Wallander (Swedish) version. If you click on the link for the full episode list you can see when the programme originally aired (in Sweden). I believe others have answered your question about whether this is season one or two. In BBC terms, it's season one.

And I agree with david1955, that was a very moving scene with Kurt and Linda. There were other powerful (and I suppose poignant too in view of what was going on with Johanna Sallstrom) scenes between them earlier, for example at the farm when Linda told him she had been in the psychiatric ward for depression and he said he knew because he'd read her file when she was recruited to the Ystad police but he could not talk to her about it. I loved the way the phrase "But you're my father!" sounded in Swedish, especially the way she said "Papa".
 
Now that, JeffG1, is a question that cannot be answered (well, not by me anyway)! The Scandinavian languages evolved centuries ago and how the nouns were originally apportioned masculine, femine and neutral status is beyond me.

Over time, the masculine and feminine gendered nouns merged to form the "common gender" in Danish, Swedish and Norwegian Riksm
 
I saw this thread and decided to watch the series, so I don't have the background many of you have re the 1st series. I had to google the actor who played Linda. I was really sorry to read about her passing.

I liked both episodes and yes the answer was obvious mid-way through the last episode, but that didn't lessen my enjoyment of the show. I'm sure the new cast members will be given bigger roles as time moves on. Maybe the makers are being senistive to the viewers by not shoving the new actors in too quickly as that might be seen as disrespectful to "Linda and Stefan"? Who knows.

I'm just glad I followed up this thread, thanks OP.
 
Having watched the Swedish version for the first time on Saturday I have to admit that I found it easier to follow the story by subtitles than I expected.

What was interesting to me in comparison to the Branagh version was that the pathologist Nyberg seems to be a similar age and character whereas Martinsson is a more independent investigator in the swedish version.

In the english version, Martinsson seems to be mainly desk bound apart from when Wallander neeRAB back up.

The Sarah Smart character (Anne-Brit?) and the female boss seem to be the only characters totally missing in the Swedish version.

I am also not sure whether the Swedish version featured the storyline of his ill father
 
HATED the blown-out, blurry shaky-cam this week. It seems the director and DP were hell-bent on making sure that anything they filmed was obscured by something else, as if surveiled from afar. A bloody mess IMO and what was up with that ending? Peter Jackson wrapped up LotR in less time!!! No more of that please.

The scene where Kurt is asked about wayward oRABpring and can
 
The focus will be back on Wallander next week and the storyline that's been running through the series about his relationship with the prosecutor will come to a conclusion and I hope it's a happy one for him for a change, probably will be with it possibly being the last ever.
 
While cop shows always have elements of implausibility in the plot, it is annoying when they suddenly change the characters without explanation. In the first series Linda was mixed up and moody throughout, which fitted in well with her back story. Isabelle has been a goody-goody all through the first 11 episodes till we suddenly learn that she was the girlfriend of psycopathic killer and drug dealer at age 16 who smuggled drugs to him when he was in prison. She then lies about a murder investigation... no it was just too silly to bother with.

I like Wallander, because of the Swedish setting, but it the plots have become a load of far-fetched nonsense in this series.
 
did you notice the music Kurt is listening to is different too. same in next film, jazz not classical.

a couple of people I know who worked on series 2 said it was a totally different experience working with Marcimain compared with previous directors.

(final 2 films are directed by Kathrine Windfeld)
 
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