2.3.08: SHOP & HOME: GOSTA RUNFELDT

Location: Simrishamnsvägen 1, 272 92 HAMMENHÖG

Location Visit: 21.06.2012

Location Visit: 29.06.2015

Datum Point: 55.502811,14.151458

Notes: These scenes were shot at an old automobile repair and maintenance shop from 1928 in Hammenhög village. Part of the building had served as a flower shop when Henning Mankell wrote THE FIFTH WOMAN and, since a murder victim is a flower shop owner, it was convenient to shoot in the then abandoned building.

Notes: In 2012 the shop had been re-opened as per images below.

Notes: In 2015 the shop now appears to be being used to live in.

Scene 10

1. Kurt arrives at the scene of what he thinks is a run-of-the-mill burglary. (Is there any significance to the man in the wheelchair out side the shop - middle left?)

1a. No flowers here today.

1b. Even fewer today.

2. Kurt joins Anne-Britt in the shop. (Man in wheelchair outside window to right.)

3. Vanya Andersson spots his arrival.

3a. Not a soul here as this shop is shut.

4. There is blood on the floor of the basement.

5. And fishtanks full of orchids.

6. Nothing has been stolen, but the shop owner is missing. Kurt heads upstairs.

7. Where there is living accommodation.

7a. This is the same room as viewed from outside. Note matching 8 panes of glass, and door handle adjacent to bottom right pane, mirroring image 7 above.

Scene 24

1. Vanya views Kurt's return from the basement.

1a. This is the view across the road.

1b. Which I didn't spot was shot from the left hand basement window at the side of the building.

2. Kurt speaks to Vanja again.

2a. The door has been re-hung.

3. They speak across the counter.

3a. Which has now been completely re-arranged.

IMAGE SOURCE: BBC DVD; Ian S. Bolton; Google Earth