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Review by:

Patrick Mulkern

Rolf Lassgard (Sweden’s answer to Gerard Depardieu) is a shambling hulk as Kurt Wallander. In the conclusion of this two-part story, he quaffs vodka from a mug, listens to opera while poring over crime-scene photos – unaware of the significance of his missing keys. The killer lets himself into Kurt’s flat at night and stalks his daughter, Linda, in one of those tense cases where we know the killer’s identity long before the cops do.

Deranged teenager Stefan is scalping the creeps from a child sex ring that sent his sister into an institution. Superb naturalism from the young actors makes this adaptation all the more harrowing, and the outcome is somewhat different from the book’s.

About this programme

2/2. The concluding part of the 2001 film adaptation of Henning Mankell's Wallander novel Sidetracked, starring Rolf Lassgard in the title role. The sadistic adolescent killer remains at large, and Kurt discovers his daughter could be in danger. With Siw Erixon and Klas Gosta Olsson. In Swedish.

Cast and crew

Cast

Stefan

Henrik Persson

Kurt Wallander

Rolf Lassgard

Ann-Britt Hoglund

Siw Erixon

Svedberg

Christer Fant

Nyberg

Klas Gosta Olsson

Martinsson

Lars Melin

Crew

Director

Leif Magnusson

Writer

Henning Mankell

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