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The Dogs of Riga

  • Episode aired Sep 16, 2012
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 1h 30m
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Wallander (2008)
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The discovery of two slain youths in a dinghy which washes into Ystad brings hard-drinking Latvian detective Karlis Liepa from Riga. He tells Wallander they were his informants in a drug-smu... Read allThe discovery of two slain youths in a dinghy which washes into Ystad brings hard-drinking Latvian detective Karlis Liepa from Riga. He tells Wallander they were his informants in a drug-smuggling ring after the dinghy, containing cocaine, is stolen. Liepa is murdered on his retu... Read allThe discovery of two slain youths in a dinghy which washes into Ystad brings hard-drinking Latvian detective Karlis Liepa from Riga. He tells Wallander they were his informants in a drug-smuggling ring after the dinghy, containing cocaine, is stolen. Liepa is murdered on his return home and Wallander travels to Riga to learn that the secretive detective did not show h... Read all
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  • Director
    • Esther May Campbell
  • Writers
    • Peter Harness
    • Henning Mankell(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ciarán Owens
    • Jim Bywater
    • Kenneth Branagh
  • Director
    • Esther May Campbell
  • Writers
    • Peter Harness
    • Henning Mankell(novel)
  • Stars
    • Ciarán Owens
    • Jim Bywater
    • Kenneth Branagh
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    • 6User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Ciarán Owens
    Ciarán Owens
    • Erik Jacobsen
    • (as Ciarán Owens)
    Jim Bywater
    • Jan Holmgren
    Kenneth Branagh
    Kenneth Branagh
    • Kurt Wallander
    Sarah Smart
    Sarah Smart
    • Anne-Britt Hoglund
    Richard McCabe
    Richard McCabe
    • Nyberg
    Barnaby Kay
    Barnaby Kay
    • Lennart Mattson
    Mark Hadfield
    Mark Hadfield
    • Stefan Lindeman
    Søren Malling
    Søren Malling
    • Karlis Liepa
    Rebekah Staton
    Rebekah Staton
    • Kristina Albinsson
    Radoslaw Kaim
    Radoslaw Kaim
    • Zids
    Ingeborga Dapkunaite
    Ingeborga Dapkunaite
    • Baiba Liepa
    Arturs Skrastins
    • Putnis
    Zoltan Butuc
    • Murnieks
    Arvydas Dapsys
    • Bekalov
    Anamaria Marinca
    Anamaria Marinca
    • Inese
    Dragos Bucur
    Dragos Bucur
    • Sergei Upitis
    • Director
      • Esther May Campbell
    • Writers
      • Peter Harness
      • Henning Mankell(novel)
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    • Connections
      Version of The Hounds of Riga (1995)

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    Weird mix of 90s story with 201x Riga
    I read all of Mankell's Wallander books and "Dogs of Riga" was a pretty good one (although not his best), describing the state of Latvia and its connections to Sweden in the early 90s very well.

    Now this film takes the book, presents basically the same story in 2011 (or 2012), and fails miserably. It seems that the author forgot that Latvia has gone through enormous changes in the last 20 years. These are very well captured in the pictures (Riga would have been a much more gray and gloomy place in 1992!) but the story is not at all believable any more now, after the Baltic states have been part of the EU for almost 10 years.

    Additionally, the seasons kept changing wildly throughout the film (it starts with snowflakes in Sweden, then it is obviously summer in Riga, in between the fields in Sweden are green).

    Finally, the only connection to the previous episode was Ann-Britt in hospital, Wallanders previous live-with woman was never even mentioned.
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    • Aug 15, 2012

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    • Release date
      • September 16, 2012 (United States)
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    • Filming locations
      • Riga, Latvia
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      • Zodiak Entertainment
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      1 hour 30 minutes

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