Arvet 

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

Writers:

Anton Moritz (screenplay), Henning Mankell (story)

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 (as Fredrik Gunnarson)
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
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:

stabbing | sex | bare breasts | cut throat | bra | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Release Date:

5 June 2010 (UK)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sverrir Gudnason (Pontus), Ruth Vega Fernandez (Beatrice) and Simon J. Berger (Stefan Wilkes) whom all appear in this episode, played three of the four main characters in Upp till kamp (2007), also directed by Mikael Marcimain. Björn Andrésen (Andreas Manrell) is another actor frequently used by Marcimain.

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Goofs

Björn Andrésen's surname is misspelled "Andresén" in the opening credits, but is correct in the end credits. Jessica Liedberg's surname is misspelled "Liedber" in the end credits, but is correct in the opening credits.

User Reviews

Dull, chaotic

Thursday nights on Tele-Quebec have been filled for the last few years by the Wallander series. The early shows from 2005-2006 were interesting enough, but the 2010 season is a bust. The stories are chaotic and banal--Mankell was not the author--and the acting, camera-work and production values are not up to the standard we demand from European TV. Krister Henriksson seems tired and increasingly uninterested in his work, and that is the actor I'm talking about and not the character. Lena Endre seems to be in the cast because she made a film with Bergman and adds some star quality to the rather mediocre line-up.

Arvet (The Heritage) is poorly made, with brackish camera work and poor acting. The two rookie cops, Pontus and Isabelle, are more than a little annoying, and in a well-run police department would never get permanent status. The story is not worth telling; it hardly makes sense. Cinema buffs of a certain age will note that Bjorn Andresen, the pretty boy from Death In Venice, is in the cast.