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Wallander

This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.

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First Air Year

2008

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Audience Score

7.3

Genres

Drama, Crime, Mystery

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