A Swedish crime thriller that has long been one of the series classics: Mankell's Wallander.
What is new, however, is the Netflix series “Young Wallander”, which tells the story of the beginnings.
Crime fans will probably have one or two volumes in their closet: Henning Mankell's crime series with Swedish police inspector Kurt Wallander in the lead role has long been filmed.
The series "Commissioner Wallander" has been broadcast on free TV since 2008.
Now the series "Der Junge Wallander" is also flickering across the screens - the first season has been available on Netflix since 2020.
Kurt Wallander's first case is told, but are other cases being dealt with
?
Find out what is known about a second season here.
Fresh goods on Netflix: The series "Der Junge Wallander" has only recently started and is already thrilling crime fans. The plot: the young police officer Kurt Wallander witnesses a hate crime in his residential area and starts the investigation. Surprisingly, he becomes a detective promoted and during the hunt for the killer learns
how smoldering xenophobia is digging deeper into the minds of many citizens - and making the investigation more difficult
. The first season of the crime series with Adam Pålsson in the lead role includes six following Chances of a possible continuation?
Henning Mankells Wallander: Second season of "Der Junge Wallander" in planning?
The Swedish author Henning Mankell has written 13 books about and with Commissioner Wallander - enough material for a second season of “The Young Wallander” would be available.
However, it is not yet known whether there will really be a second season.
If the first season is well received by the audience and it is not panned in the air by critics
, the chances are very good that the young Kurt Wallander will be allowed to continue investigating on Netflix *.
What is the first season of “Der Junge Wallander” about?
The young Kurt Wallander works as a patrol officer in the Swedish city of Malmö.
But he wants more, namely to the criminal investigation department.
But when he can't prevent a cold-blooded murder of a boy, everything suddenly changes for the ambitious policeman: He is surprisingly promoted and
is quickly stuck head over heels in the difficult murder investigation that will soon take on dangerous proportions
.
(jg) * Merkur.de is part of the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network
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