02: LENNART JÄHKEL

THE 2ND KURT WALLANDER

Title: Talismanen

Country of origin: Sweden

Length: 360 mins (8x 45 mins)

First released as: TV mini-series: 21 April 2004

Notes: Kurt Wallander is played as a minor part by Lennart Jähkel.

Notes: Writers Henning Mankell and Jan Guillou gave the protagonist the name WALLTON as a reference to their best known literary characters, Kurt WALLander and Carl HamilTON respectively.