Summary
The seemingly random murder of a jogger in woodland and the detonation of car bombs in central Ystad are but diversions to busy the police whilst a security van are robbed of 15 million kroner.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 64GoodWatch 62
Letterboxd · 236 ratings3.3/5
IMDb6.2
Running time
1 h 29 min
Shorter than most crime movies, −17 min on the typical 106
typical 10689Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2009
November 18, 2009
17 years ago
Genres
CrimeThrillerLanguage
Swedish
Original language
Made in
Sweden
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 8 more18 people
- Krister HenrikssonKurt Wallander
- Lena EndreKatarina Ahlsell
- Sverrir GudnasonPontus
- Nina ZanjaniIsabelle
- Fredrik GunnarssonSvartman
- Mats BergmanNyberg
- Douglas JohanssonMartinsson
- Marianne MörckEbba
Stina EkbladKarin
Michael SegerströmSven Adelgren- URUlrika RitterMette Adelgren
- MAMartin AliagaVespamannen
- NRNicholas RiesbeckMicke Sterner
- SKSusanne KarlssonSvartmans fru
- MDMarienette DahlinÖverklassdam
- ÅFÅsa ForsbladVD Scandiguard
Kimmo RajalaMarko Lehtinen- RJRolf JarlLeonard Belker
Directing · 3
- Henrik Georgsson Director
- Rasmus Ericksson Second Assistant Director
- Bamse Ulfung First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Stefan Ahnhem Screenplay
- Henning Mankell Characters, Story
Production · 7
- Ole Søndberg Executive Producer
- Mikael Wallen Executive Producer
- Anni Faurbye Fernandez Executive Producer
- Niva Westlin Dahl Executive Producer
- Malte Forssell Producer
- Maria Bolme Casting
Camera · 1
- Anders Bohman Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Gustav Öström Editor
Sound · 4
- Fläskkvartetten Original Music Composer
- Per Sundström Sound Mixer
- Lucas Nilsson Foley Artist
- Linus Gidstedt Foley Artist
Art · 1
- Linda Janson Production Design
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Anna Karlsson Costume Design
- Agneta Lindqvist-Widin Makeup Artist
- Agneta Krigh-Tennemo Makeup Artist
Other crew · 1
- Kimmo Rajala Stunt Coordinator
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