Arvet (5 Jun. 2010)

When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski, with whose wife Manfred was having an... See full summary »

Director:

Mikael Marcimain

Writer:

Henning Mankell (novel)

Stars:

Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Sverrir Gudnason

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Krister Henriksson	...	Kurt Wallander
Lena Endre	...	Katarina Ahlsell
Sverrir Gudnason	...	Pontus
Nina Zanjani	...	Isabelle
Fredrik Gunnarsson	...	Svartman
Mats Bergman	...	Nyberg
Douglas Johansson	...	Martinsson
Annika Hallin	...	Claire
Ruth Vega Fernandez	...	Beatrice
Björn Andrésen	...	Andreas Manrell
Kenneth Milldoff	...	Benjamin Wilkes
Björn Andersson	...	Walfrid Torstensson
Jessica Liedberg	...	Ylva Sandström (as Jessica Liedber)
Simon J. Berger	...	Stefan Wilkes
Sven Nordin	...	Manfred

Storyline

When Manfred Stjarne is stabbed to death outside the Brada cider factory his wife Claire has inherited - suspicion falls on Polish worker Jan Kowalski, with whose wife Manfred was having an affair, but Jan is found hanged - later evidence suggesting foul play. Benjamin Wilkes, an ex-psychologist who helped Manfred select redundancy candidates, is killed in the same way as Manfred, putting disgruntled ex-Brada employees in the frame, but a third slaying implicates a former patient of Wilkes, who has connections to the Stjarne family. A newly loved-up Isabelle and Pontius start to fool around whilst on surveillance, taking their eye off the ball and allowing this suspect to confront Claire.

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Plot Keywords:

father daughter relationship | investigation | police

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

5 June 2010 (UK)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Love and one's work do not mix well

The owner of a cider factory is murdered. Later a worker is found dead, supposedly by his own hand, but the evidence suggests not.

The viewer will probably figure this one out before Wallander does, because he seems to have lost his edge in this one. Maybe that's because he not only has fallen for Katerina, where he is getting nowhere, but also for the widow of the murdered man. Wallander has less of a presence in this story, and Katerina seems to be bossing him around and leading the investigation far more.

The thinking skills of all concerned deteriorate noticeably where Cupid or merely attraction is involved. Instead of even thinking of alternatives, Katerina's jealousy is spurred on merely by seeing Kurt talking to another woman.

Leavened into the story is a much stronger attraction between Isabel and Pontus that leads into poor performance on the job. How that plays out is not resolved in this episode.

Alas, this story is a 5 or 5.5. Fans of Wallander will stay with it, and there is a certain interest in a detective story soap opera. However, the problem is that the writers are not always able to juggle these elements. Sometimes the competent detective element fades away because the detectives are not performing up to par due to their personal involvements, but this is quite annoying when they cannot see the obvious. At other times, the soap elements are superficial.

Annika Hallin, who also appeared in the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, appears in this one and does a very interesting characterization.