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Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 5 wins moreNewsDesk:
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Escape from the shadow of Morse more (9 total)Cast
(Series Cast [9]) | Kenneth Branagh | ... | Kurt Wallander (3 episodes, 2008) |
 | Sarah Smart | ... | Anne-Britt Hoglund (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Sadie Shimmin | ... | Lisa Holgersson (3 episodes, 2008) |
 | Tom Beard | ... | Svedberg (3 episodes, 2008) |
 | Tom Hiddleston | ... | Martinsson (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Richard McCabe | ... | Nyberg (3 episodes, 2008) |
 | Jeany Spark | ... | Linda Wallander (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Jessica Lloyd | ... | Dr. Malmström / ... (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Boel Larsson | ... | Ebba (2 episodes, 2008) |
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A grumpy, middle-aged loner investigates a string of unlikely serial killings in a picturesque town - it sounds like a description of Colin Dexter's detective, Inspector Morse, but it also covers Wallender, his Swedish equivalent. Having recently watched a Swedish television adaptation of the Wallender books, the idea of Wallander as a Swedish Morse was certainly apparent. But in this BBC version, it seems a deliberate attempt has been made to change the script. Kenneth Brannagh plays Wallander as a quiet, depressed man, seemingly devoid of any charisma or natural authority, lost in his own existential woes; the force of Morse's personality is not in any way apparent. The direction of the series tends to the filmic as well, breaking from the step-by-step approach of the classic television detective story and preferring a more impressionistic, atmospheric approach. Personally, I'm not so convinced that either of these innovations work - Brannagh's permanent internal grief grates and does not convince (most people learn to wear a mask on their misery as a prerequisite for survival), while I didn't always find it possible to follow the details of the plots. There's also a certain innate problem of having English actors, speaking English, playing Swedes; if one is looking for insight into the Scandinavian character, one won't find it here. The final problem, the improbably complex actions of the killers in each story, is innate to the source material. 'Wallander', in conclusion, takes itself just a little too seriously; there's not enough material to justify it's metaphysical pretence. The Swedish version did a better job as a straightforward detective thriller, even if it had a certain familiarity to viewers of 'Inspector Morse'.