Before the Frost (2005)

A flock of swans are found, burned to death, by a small lake outside the town of Ystad. Kurt Wallander, however, faces a far more serious problem when a dead woman is found in the same area, brutally murdered.

Meanwhile, Wallander's daughter, Linda, joins the Ystad police force, directly after graduating from the Police Academy in Stockholm. Wallander and Linda meet now not only as father and daughter, but also as colleagues. When Linda chooses to live with an old childhood friend, Anna Westin, instead of with her father, the crisis is a certainty. Then Anna disappears without a trace and, with Stefan, a newly recruited officer from Stockholm, they must all work together in the hunt for a dangerous, religious fanatic — the hunt for the murderer.

Additional information on the cast can be obtained from the Casting Presentation (PDF, 611 KB).

Principal Cast

Kurt Wallander

Krister Henriksson

Linda Wallander

Johanna Sällström

Stefan Lindman

Ola Rapace

Ann-Britt Höglund

Angela Kovacs

Lisa Holgersson

Chatarina Larsson

Martinsson

Douglas Johansson

Nyberg

Mats Bergman

Ekman

Fredrik Gunnarsson

Erik Westin

Niklas Falk

Anna Westin

Ellen Mattsson

Torgeir

Jens Hultén

Birgitta Medberg

Karin Bertling

Myran

Malena Engström

Malin Krantz

Maria Arnadottir

Ebba

Marianne Mörk

Woman doctor

Siv Erixon

Vanja Medberg

Catherine Jeppsson

Production Information

Title

Innan frosten (Before the Frost)

Production Company

Yellow Bird Films AB

Screenwriters

Pelle Berglund and Stefan Arnhem (based upon the novel by Henning Mankell)

Director

Kjell-Åke Andersson

Genre

Crime/drama

Setting

Ystad; Sweden, present time

Format

95-100 min. Feature film.

Shooting

June 14, 2004 - August 30, 2004

Release

January 14, 2005

Producer

Ole Søndberg and Lasse Björkmann

Co-producers

TV4 AB, ARD/Degeto Film GmbH & Film i Skåne. In association with Canal+, DR TV, TV2 Norge, MTV3 Finland, AB Svensk Filmindustri AB & Tobis Film GmbH

Production staff

Production Manager

Ann Collenberg

Cinematographer

Olof Johnsson

Art Director

Lene Willumsen

Sound Editor

Pelle Sandberg and Johan Embring

Editor

Matthias Morheden

Updated: June 3, 2005.