Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Sven Wollter | ... | Van Veeteren | |
Thomas Hanzon | ... | Münster | |
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Eva Rexed | ... | Moreno |
Dag Malmberg | ... | JC Hennan / Haans Kellerman | |
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Nadja Weiss | ... | Ellike Kellerman |
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Chatarina Larsson | ... | Ulrike Fremdli |
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Josef Säterhagen | ... | Erich Van Veeteren |
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Frida Westerdahl | ... | Marlene |
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Ulf Friberg | ... | DeKlerkk |
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Sven Angleflod | ... | Krause |
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Pierre Tafvelin | ... | Renberg |
Birgit Carlstén | ... | Lippmann | |
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Lo Kauppi | ... | Belle Vargas |
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Monica Stenbeck | ... | Amelia Trotta |
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Jan-Erik Emretsson | ... | Maarten Verlangen |
Van Veeteren's only unsolved case comes back to haunt him when the daughter of a murdered private detective comes to see him. A brutal wife killer, who went into hiding years before, has resurfaced under an assumed name; or so it seems, and Van Veeteren has personal reasons for wanting him caught. Written by Anonymous
/refers to all series/
Sweden is famous for crime films with different vigorous detectives - both male and female - related to a certain city or region in the country, meaning that surroundings and background has a certain role in creating the whole atmosphere, joy of recognition, desire to visit those places etc. That is why it is a bit odd that Håkan Nesser created a person with a Dutch name (Van Veeteren) acting in a fictional town called Maardam - also Dutch name - but not meant to be in Holland... The film shows pictures from Amsterdam, Tallinn, some Swedish cities, and uniforms have no signification marks, but all speak Swedish... As you see, the plate is confusing already, requiring distinguishable stories and actors... Regretfully, it is not the case here, particularly in comparison with similar Swedish series like Beck or Wallander: the pace is slow, the cast is neither good nor bad, criminal case topics are trivial and the place of Van Veeteren in later episodes is unrealistic and unnecessary...
More than mediocre, okay for killing time, but not at the level of most other Scandinavian series.