The African

The national election is approaching, and the Ystad town square is plastered with election posters with local labour party candidate Kenneth Nillson, a politician fighting the fear of immigrants as his electoral focal point. He sees it as his duty to clean Skane's reputation as being racist. At the same time a train rolls into the train station in Gdansk, Poland. On the train the police find a African male with most of his face shoot away. As the man was murdered in Ystad, the starting point of the train journey this becomes a case for Kurt Wallander and the Ystad police. For Kurt Wallander the case takes an unexpected turn as the murder weapon has ties to a childhood friend.

Writing:
  • Henning Mankell
  • Lovisa Milles

Stars:
Release Date: 2005-01-14
Seasons: 1 2 3
TMDb: 6.9/10
  • Country: SE, DK, FI, NO
  • Language: svenska
  • Runtime: 89

Other episodes for this season

Before the Frost
Episode 1 - Before the Frost
The Village Idiot
Episode 2 - The Village Idiot
The Brothers
Episode 3 - The Brothers
The Overdose
Episode 4 - The Overdose
The African
Episode 5 - The African
Mastermind
Episode 6 - Mastermind
The Tricksters
Episode 7 - The Tricksters
The Photographer
Episode 8 - The Photographer
The Container Lorry
Episode 9 - The Container Lorry
The Castle Ruins
Episode 10 - The Castle Ruins
The Black King
Episode 11 - The Black King
The Forger
Episode 12 - The Forger
The Secret
Episode 13 - The Secret