"Wallander" Innan frosten (2005)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Kjell-Åke Andersson

Writers:

Stefan Ahnhem (writer)
Per Berglund (writer)

TV Series:

"Wallander" (2005)

Original Air Date:

14 January 2005 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Tracking a sadistic killer, detective Kurt Wallander follows a string of incidents -- attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans -- with help from his daughter, Linda, a new member of the Ystad police force. |

Plot Keywords:

Police | Murder | Murder Investigation | Gay Wedding | Sect

Cast

Krister Henriksson	...	Kurt Wallander
Johanna Sällström	...	Linda Wallander
Ola Rapace	...	Stefan Lindman
Ellen Mattsson	...	Anna Westin
Niklas Falk	...	Erik Westin
Angela Kovacs	...	Ann-Britt Höglund (as Angela Kovács)
Douglas Johansson	...	Martinsson
Mats Bergman	...	Nyberg
Fredrik Gunnarsson	...	Svartman
Chatarina Larsson	...	Lisa Holgersson
Jens Hultén	...	Torgeir
Karin Bertling	...	Birgitta Medberg
Malena Engström	...	Myran
Maria Arnadottir	...	Malin Krantz
Marianne Mörck	...	Ebba

Also Known As:

Wallander: Ennen routaa (#1.1) (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

Sweden:93 min

Country:

Sweden | Denmark | Norway | Germany

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Norway:15 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15

Filming Locations:

Ystad, Skåne län, Sweden

Company:

Degeto Film

Goofs:

Errors in geography: The movie takes place in a town in Skåne. But only two people in the whole movie speak with a dialect from that area.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from "Mördare utan ansikte" (1994)

A film I could easily recommend to watch

I was quite surprised to see some of the negative reviews of the film on this page. Not having read the book, I actually thought the film was very enjoyable on several levels: the father versus daughter relationship is entirely credible; the daughter versus old friends story; and finally the actual plot centered around the twisted sect. Seemingly unimportant information was picked up later in the film giving significance to details in a very clever way. The pace of the film is quite good, never a dull moment, suspense is OK if not at the highest level, acting is good to. I can agree with some of the reviewers that Kurt Wallander is a more complex character than what has been portrayed in this particular film, not to blame Krister Henriksson, the 90 minutes didn't allow it. Hopefully the whole palette of his personality will be exposed in the films that will follow. Overall, a film that I would easily recommend to rent or watch on TV.