The fifth woman (2002)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The fifth woman |
| Original title | The 5: e kvinnan |
| Country of production | Sweden , Norway , Denmark |
| original language | Swedish |
| Publishing year | 2002 |
| length | 224 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Birger Larsen |
| script |
Klas Abrahamsson , Birger Larsen |
| production | Tommy Starck |
| music | Frans Bak |
| camera |
Eric Kress , Jacob Kusk |
| cut |
Pernille Bech Christensen , Jacob Thuesen |
| occupation | |
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The fifth woman (original title: Den 5: e kvinnan ) is a Swedish - Norwegian - Danish co-production TV crime thriller from 2002 based on the novel of the same name by Henning Mankell . Rolf Lassgård took on the leading role and Birger Larsen directed.
action
Algeria 1994: Four French nuns and a Swedish tourist are murdered by fundamentalists. A year later, a series of murders occurs in southern Sweden; the victims are all men: an elderly man with a penchant for bird poems, an orchid lover, and a researcher who was drowned with stones in the lake. In all cases, the victims died long and painfully. Commissioner Wallander is faced with a mystery: Why does the serial killer kill seemingly harmless citizens in such a brutal way? During his investigation, he discovers that there is a connection to the murders in Algeria and that the perpetrator is apparently a woman. The nurse Yvonne Ander is urgently suspect, but not ready to give evidence.
background
The German version was dubbed by ZDF in 2002 and broadcast as a two-parter in December of the same year. The film is the fifth adaptation of Wallander, as the more recent films deviate from the chronology of the books, and was released on February 17, 2003 as a DVD version including the documentary Die Welten des Henning Mankell .
In addition to the new actors employed by Wallander's colleagues for the second time, Maya Thysell also appears in the films for the first time, a colleague of Wallander's with whom he has an affair but who does not exist in the literary original.
criticism
The TV magazine prisma judged that the film adaptation of the novel was "a gripping thriller that also delivers a multi-layered portrait of Sweden". The fact that "the template has been changed in some points" would add to the tension. TV Spielfilm gave the film the best possible rating (thumbs up) and described it as a “dark drama about brutal vigilante justice”.
Awards
The two-parter was named best miniseries at the Venice Film Festival . At the Cologne Conference 2002 Birger Larsen also received the award in the “Best Fiction Program” category.
Web links
- The five women in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The fifth woman in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Fifth Woman . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2003 (PDF; test number: 92 704 V).
- ↑ The Fifth Woman (2000). prisma , accessed November 30, 2015 .
- ↑ a b The fifth woman (2). TV feature film , accessed November 30, 2015 .
- ↑ Awards. The Fifth Woman (2002 TV Mini-Series) . Internet Movie Database, accessed November 30, 2015 .