Henning Mankell

Writing

Henning Mankell

Born 1948-02-03 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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Eleven short films - by eleven different directors - edited together as a feature film.

Svenska livstycken

1981

One Step Behind poster
5.6

Shortly after police discovers the murder of three friends, police inspector Wallander finds his friend and colleague Svedberg dead. First, it is believed that Svedberg killed himself but Wallander soon discovers links between Svedberg, the three friends and a fourth person, a young woman in a mental hospital.

One Step Behind

2005

Afternoon Encounter poster
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She wants a divorce, a cleaning prior to death - but he refuses. Here’s an old couple that can’t stand each other, other than as memories. The film is based on a radio play script.

Afternoon Encounter

2017

The Race poster
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The elusive dream that brings many people to the horse-racecourse.

The Race

1981

The Race poster
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The elusive dream that brings many people to the horse-racecourse.

The Race

1981

The Dogs of Riga poster
6.0

A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to help but when he returns to his home country he is mysteriously murdered. Kurt flies to Riga to find out why and is drawn into complex conspiracy.

The Dogs of Riga

1995

Wallander 22 - Angel of Death poster
4.5

A choir of young women gives a guest performance in a country church outside Ystad. But when an 18-year-old member of the choir disappears, Wallander is brought in to investigate.

Wallander 22 - Angel of Death

2010

Etterfølgeren poster
9.0

Civil war-torn Mozambique, where international aid workers, rival mine clearance companies, and corrupt politicians clash in an ambitious and unusual crime drama. Mine clearance expert Johan Stensrud arrives to take over the job after Stein Halvorsen's accident. It quickly becomes clear to Johan that his predecessor was murdered, but no one cares about his suspicions. All he can do is start his own private investigation, while throwing himself into the work he is actually in Mozambique to do.

Etterfølgeren

1997

Chronicler of the Winds poster
6.3

Based on the book by Henning Mankell (Sweden), this story takes place in Mozambique and is about a young boy, Nelio, who loses his entire family during a time of civil war. A wounded Nelio is found by a baker in the capital Mapouto; refusing medical treatment, the boy instead asks for sanctuary so he can tell his terrible tale. This he proceeds to do, starting with how the fighters arrived in his village and slaughtered many, to his captivity, his escape and his teaming with other orphaned street urchins to become their leader in survival.

Chronicler of the Winds

1998