Wallander: Sidetracked

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It is autumn and the people in the otherwise peaceful small town Ystad settle down. But for Kurt Wallander broken idyll of a young woman burned to death in a cornfield. Soon after hitting a serial killer with a series of increasingly brutal murder. What is the relationship between a retired attorney general, a successful art dealer and an ordinary petty thief? Why scalp killer his victims?

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Languages: Swedish

Director: Leif Magnusson

Starring Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Henrik Persson, Siw Erixon, Christer Fant, Lars Melin, Klas-Gösta Olsson

Cast

Rolf Lassgård

Wallander

Henrik Persson

Stefan

Siw Erixon

Ann-Britt Höglund

Christer Fant

Svedberg

Lars Melin

Martinsson

Klas-Gösta Olsson

Nyberg

Kerstin Andersson

Lisa Holgersson

Jenny Rudell

Linda

Cecilia Lindqvist

Maria Fredman

Mathilde Simonsen-Hebrand

Louise

Amanda Lindfors

Dolores

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