Product Details

• Actors: Krister Henriksson, Lena Endre, Fredrik Gunnarsson, Mats Bergman
• Directors: Stephan Apelgren, Anders Engstrom, Jorn Faurschou, Jonas Grimas
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Language: Swedish
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 7
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Music Box Films
• DVD Release Date: May 29, 2012
• Run Time: 1170 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B005DY0V7K
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,868 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Godfather of Swedish crime. --The Washington Post

Sweden's greatest living mystery writer. --Los Angeles Times

Product Description

A series of thirteen 90 minute episodes based on original stories from immensely popular Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, WALLANDER follows the titular chief inspector Kurt Wallander (Krister Henriksson) as he investigates crimes and solves mysteries in the deceptively dark underbelly of picturesque modern Sweden.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

90 of 92 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars First Season June 14, 2012

By Elyon

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

In response to T.W. Yates review, the complete first season of Henning Mankell's Wallander is available from Mhz Networks; for some reason Amazon is only selling the first season in three DVD segments, rather than complete.

The Music Box collection of the second season is exceptional, as well as only enhanced by the addition of Lena Endre to the cast. The only caveat comes with the direction and over-use of soft, light-diffused cinematography in the episode titled Arvet (The Heritage), which is sadly intrusive.

While I have enjoyed both Rolf Lassgĺrd and Kenneth Branaghs'interpretations of Kurt Wallander, Krister Henriksson's characterization here remains, for me, the definitive portrayal of Mankell's world-weary detective, and the 26 episode Swedish television series the best of Wallander's appearances in film. If you are a fan of Mankell's detective in print, or Scandinavian crime dramas in general, this is not to be missed!

60 of 62 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Series 2 June 9, 2012

By T. W. Yates

Format:DVD

Note: Not described in the product description: this is all 13 episodes of the second season of the original swedish television series.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! July 30, 2012

By GeekySpinster

Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase

This second series of 13 90-minute episodes is more slickly produced than the first series. The stories are solid and well-written. All episodes are again based on story outlines written for TV by Henning Mankell, and I have found each to be thoroughly engrossing. In addition, series 2 maintains the high level of acting from a group of very talented Swedish performers. Even though two of the main characters from series 1 are gone, Krister Henricksson remains fantastic as Kurt Wallander, and, IMHO, gives the best portrayal of the character. The subtitles can be a bit clunky at times even if one is very familiar with British English. A minor annoyance is that the subtitles do not denote when the characters are speaking a language other than Swedish, such as Russian or Polish, and sometimes that distinction is important to the plot.
I eagerly await series 3 in 2013.