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Kenneth branagh bids farewell to wallander in a moving final episode. Wallander is a british television series adapted from the swedish novelist henning mankells kurt wallander novels and starring kenneth branagh as the eponymous police inspector. May 04, 2018 kurt wallander is a hardworking detective with a strong sense of integrity, but he also has a flawed and very human side. Tracking a sadistic killer, detective kurt wallander follows a string of incidents attacks on domestic animals, ritualistic murders of humans with help from his daughter, linda, a new member of the ystad police force.
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