Arne Dahl: En midsommarnattsdröm 

A series of brutal murders of Polish women hiding out in Sweden is the new A Unit's first assignment. The victims turn out to be key witnesses in a big case against the Polish mafia. Three ... See full summary »

Stars:

Malin Arvidsson, Natalie Minnevik, Shanti Roney

Cast

Series cast summary:
Malin Arvidsson	...	Kerstin Holm 2 episodes, 2015
Natalie Minnevik	...	Ida Jankowicz 2 episodes, 2015
Shanti Roney	...	Paul Hjelm 2 episodes, 2015
Alexander Salzberger	...	Jorge Chavez 2 episodes, 2015
Magnus Samuelsson	...	Gunnar Nyberg 2 episodes, 2015
Vera Vitali	...	Sara Svenhagen 2 episodes, 2015
Niklas Åkerfelt	...	Arto Söderstedt 2 episodes, 2015
Pascal Andersson	...	Anders Holm 2 episodes, 2015
Iwa Boman	...	Siw Parwin 2 episodes, 2015
Claes Hartelius	...	Brynolf Svenhagen 2 episodes, 2015
Alexander Karim	...	Bengt Åkesson 2 episodes, 2015
Kenneth Milldoff	...	Frank Albrekt 2 episodes, 2015
Vanna Rosenberg	...	Lotta Björk 2 episodes, 2015
Ania Chorabik	...	Ana Garbarek 2 episodes, 2015
Andrzej Chyra	...	Ozz Ballin 2 episodes, 2015
Sarah Dawn Finer	...	The Lawyer 2 episodes, 2015
Duncan Green	...	Roger Lind 2 episodes, 2015
Niklas Jarneheim	...	Claes Tidestrand 2 episodes, 2015
Sara Karlsdotter	...	The Social Worker 2 episodes, 2015
Sebastian Karlsson	...	Jens Carlsson-Smedman 2 episodes, 2015
Ia Langhammer	...	Tanja 2 episodes, 2015
Alex Lindquist	...	Spartakus 2 episodes, 2015
Lisa Linnertorp	...	Jeanette Meyer 2 episodes, 2015
Christoffer Nordenrot	...	Nisse 2 episodes, 2015
Bahar Pars	...	Eva Bälting 2 episodes, 2015
Patrycja Pajak	...	Elzbieta Tomczyk 2 episodes, 2015
Malin Persson	...	Desire Andersson 2 episodes, 2015
Rafael Pettersson	...	Henrik 2 episodes, 2015
Malgorzata Pieczynska	...	Maria Dobrowolska 2 episodes, 2015
Gunvor Pontén	...	Margareta 2 episodes, 2015
Nina Rudawski	...	Jadwiga Zalewski 2 episodes, 2015
Jörgen Thorsson	...	Dan Meyer 2 episodes, 2015
Ola Wahlström	...	Thorsten 2 episodes, 2015
Brigitta Nilsson	...	Helena 2 episodes, 2015

Storyline

A series of brutal murders of Polish women hiding out in Sweden is the new A Unit's first assignment. The victims turn out to be key witnesses in a big case against the Polish mafia. Three of them are found murdered within a couple of days, and two are missing. The hope is that the missing women are still alive. Chief Inspector Kerstin Holm gets the case, and the hunt for a ruthless murderer and his shady victims begins.

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Plot Keywords:

polish mafia | mafia | murder | sweden | internal affairs | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [Sweden]

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish English Polish

Release Date:

15 February 2015 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

Arne Dahl: A Midsummer Night Dream

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmlance International AB

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min (2 parts)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on author Jan Arnold's novel of the same name, written under the pseudonym Arne Dahl.

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Connections

Followed by Arne Dahl: Himmelsöga (2015)

User Reviews

Midsummer murder

I have enjoyed the previous series of this Swedish police procedural which focuses on the cases and private lives of a special unit of disparate detectives called into action for particularly unusual and invariably nasty crimes. I was therefore pleased to see a new series appear on TV and hoped that this introductory episode would be up to the standard of previous ones.

Unfortunately, I don't think it was. For one thing the team is different, with the old female boss now replaced by the promoted Kerstin Holm who just happens to be sleeping with now ex-member of the team, divorcée Paul Heim who's now moved onto Internal Affairs of all things. No prizes for guessing that his first assignment involves checking up on one of his former colleagues. There's also a new arrival in the form of an even younger female detective, Ida, keen to earn her spurs which means naturally she puts herself in harm's way on her own the first chance she gets. Oh and the maverick Chavez has been apparently replaced with a new actor altogether but none of his super detective chums seems to have noticed. The meat of the plot takes in the tracking down and ritual slaughtering of a group of young Polish girls by the equivalent of the Polish Mafia. The sub-plots involve the travails of the new Chavez and his propensity for going off the rails, the on-off relationship between Heim and Holm and for some light relief the banter between Heim and his new, gobby P.A.

While I enjoyed initially seeing (some of) the familiar faces again, this adventure failed to really hold my attention like before. The young new recruit I didn't really buy into and ditto Kerstin as the new group leader who just doesn't exude leadership qualities at all. The two-parter was extended beyond its apparently natural conclusion with a tagged-on seeming twist in the tale which again failed to excite or intrigue.

I hope the standard improves but I'm afraid on first viewing everything here just looked a bit second-hand and overdone, the writing, direction and acting. And no, I didn't pick up on the Shakespearean reference in the title either.