Death of a Pilgrim 

A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder on Swedish minister of state Olof Palme in 1986.

Stars:

Rolf Lassgård, Helena Af Sandeberg, Jonas Karlsson

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Rolf Lassgård	...	Lars Martin Johansson 4 episodes, 2013
Helena Af Sandeberg	...	Eriksson 4 episodes, 2013
Jonas Karlsson	...	Waltin 4 episodes, 2013
Ellen Jelinek	...	Mattei 4 episodes, 2013
Henrik Norlén	...	Lewin 4 episodes, 2013
Claes Malmberg	...	Bäckström 4 episodes, 2013
Anders Johannisson	...	Wijnbladh 4 episodes, 2013
Ulf Friberg	...	Hedberg 3 episodes, 2013
Jacob Ericksson	...	Nilsson 3 episodes, 2013
Johannes Brost	...	Persson 3 episodes, 2013
Kjell Bergqvist	...	Berg 3 episodes, 2013
Lars-Erik Berenett	...	Forselius 3 episodes, 2013
Per Svensson	...	Jarnebring 3 episodes, 2013
Ashley McKinney Taylor	...	Sarah Weissman 3 episodes, 2013
Göran Ragnerstam	...	G:son Henning 3 episodes, 2013
Scott Ackerman	...	Krassner 2 episodes, 2013
Johan Hedenberg	...	Berg Jr 2 episodes, 2013
Nigel Whitmey	...	CIA chef 2 episodes, 2013
Lena B. Eriksson	...	Pia Hedin 2 episodes, 2013
Petra Nielsen	...	Gertrud 2 episodes, 2013
Ia Langhammer	...	LMJs sekreterare 2 episodes, 2013
Christer Fant	...	Söderström 2 episodes, 2013

Storyline

A newly put-together police force tries to solve the old mystery of the murder on Swedish minister of state Olof Palme in 1986.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1985 | year 1986 | swedish police | security police | murder | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Sveriges Television (SVT) [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden Denmark Norway Finland

Language:

Swedish English Spanish

Release Date:

13 January 2013 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Death of a Pilgrim

Filming Locations:

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sveriges Television (SVT), Chimney, Danmarks Radio (DR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

233 min (entire series)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD Letterbox

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several lead characters also feature in three separate productions based on a previous novel trilogy by Leif G.W. Persson: Profitörerna (1983), The Man from Majorca (1984) and I lagens namn (1986). Some also appear in Den vite riddaren (1994) and Anna Holt - polis (1996), both written for TV by Persson and Jan Guillou.

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Connections

Followed by Den fjärde mannen (2014)

User Reviews

Talk, talk, talk

I generally like Scandinavian crime series, but this one is a crashing bore. Great acting, attention to detail, high production values-none of that can help when all the characters do is sit around talking. I watched the entire first episode, and that told me all I needed to know. Maybe to a Swede, a rehashing of the unsolved murder of Olaf Palme is fascinating in itself, but there needs to be a story, and if there's one here, it slipped past me. It's written as if the screenwriter and/or director wanted to stick rigidly to the historical record of the investigation, at the expense of motive, story arc, frame, and any sense of movement. One specific problem here is that some of the scenes are flashbacks to the original investigation into the murder, and some are current-time. And it's not clear which is which, or why the history is important. So: appealing characters, good acting, exotic locales, but lousy script and lousy direction. Don't bother.