Innan frosten 

Tracking a sadistic killer, detective Kurt Wallander follows a string of incidents -- attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans -- with help from his daughter, Linda, a new member of the Ystad police force.

Director:

Kjell-Åke Andersson

Writers:

Stefan Ahnhem (screenplay), Per Berglund (screenplay) (as Pelle Berglund)

Stars:

Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Krister Henriksson	...	Kurt Wallander
Johanna Sällström	...	Linda Wallander
Ola Rapace	...	Stefan Lindman
Ellen Jelinek	...	Anna Westin (as Ellen Mattsson)
Niklas Falk	...	Erik Westin
Angela Kovacs	...	Ann-Britt Höglund (as Angela Kovács)
Douglas Johansson	...	Martinsson
Mats Bergman	...	Nyberg
Fredrik Gunnarsson	...	Svartman
Chatarina Larsson	...	Lisa Holgersson
Jens Hultén	...	Torgeir
Karin Bertling	...	Birgitta Medberg
Malena Engström	...	Myran
Maria Arnadottir	...	Malin Krantz
Marianne Mörck	...	Ebba

Storyline

Tracking a sadistic killer, detective Kurt Wallander follows a string of incidents -- attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans -- with help from his daughter, Linda, a new member of the Ystad police force.

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Plot Keywords:

nordic noir | archive footage | reference to jim jones | killing an animal | ritual killing | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

In Sweden this and another two episodes of season 1 were released theatrically: Wallander: Mastermind (2005) and Wallander: Hemligheten (2006). The rest of the season was released straight to video; only later was it shown on TV.

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Goofs

The movie takes place in a town in Skåne. But only two people in the whole movie speak with a dialect from that area.

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Connections

Version of Wallander: Before the Frost (2012)

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Soundtracks

Bohème: Che gelida manina
Written by Giacomo Puccini
Performed by Jussi Björling

User Reviews

Not bad, but nothing special either

I went to see this movie mainly because my father paid. I haven't read the book, so I didn't know the plot line before seeing it.

The beginning creates interest right away and after that it just rolls on. In into the story comes all the characters and the subplot (Linda's relation to her father) is quite cliché, but it becomes apparent that it is needed to help the story.

The story has a lot of loose ends, and a while in I didn't understand how some parts were connected to the others. In the end, most of these ends are tied together, but some are still strange and never gets a real explanation. Most of the parts that were meant to be scary, or at least raise the pulse of the audience wasn't that scary, as most things were quite predictable.

Anyway, I enjoyed this, they managed to tie most of the loose ends together, and it was a quite interesting story, but nothing I'd pay to see at the cinema.

5/10

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden Germany Denmark Norway Finland

Language:

Swedish English

Release Date:

3 December 2005 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Ennen routaa

Filming Locations:

Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yellow Bird, ARD Degeto Film, TV4

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1