An Event in Autumn

Episode aired Sep 9, 2012
TV-PG
1h 34m

IMDb RATING

7.4/10

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Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

Whilst investigating the death of a pregnant girl who was pushed off a ferry, Wallander discovers a ten-year old skeleton in the garden of the house where he lives with girl-friend Vanja. El... Read allWhilst investigating the death of a pregnant girl who was pushed off a ferry, Wallander discovers a ten-year old skeleton in the garden of the house where he lives with girl-friend Vanja. Elderly neighbour Fredrik points him towards the house's previous occupant, violent pimp Jan... Read allWhilst investigating the death of a pregnant girl who was pushed off a ferry, Wallander discovers a ten-year old skeleton in the garden of the house where he lives with girl-friend Vanja. Elderly neighbour Fredrik points him towards the house's previous occupant, violent pimp Jan Petrus, whose daughter Ellika went missing a decade earlier. However, after the pregnant ... Read all

Director
- Toby Haynes
Writers
- Peter Harness
- Henning Mankell
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IMDb RATING

7.4/10

951

YOUR RATING

Director
- Toby Haynes
Writers
- Peter Harness
- Henning Mankell
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The original short story, which was written in 2004, was largely unavailable to the public until 2013 (2014 for the English-language market), meaning most viewers were unfamiliar with the source material when this adaptation was first broadcast in the summer of 2012.

Goofs
There are repeating mistakes when Polish language appears onscreen. Most notably, when Wallander and Lindeman are checking CCTV records. Ferry captain helps policemen to find proper file, saying supposedly Polish name "Czekanie sali" (the same tag for the video is seen on the computer monitor). Although both words are Polish, together they're gibberish. It seems like literally translated English term "waiting room" into Polish: "waiting" is "czekanie", and "room" is "sala".

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Featured review

9/10

Dark, Gripping, compulsive.

An Event in Autumn is one powerful episode, plenty of changes, including new cast members, a smarter looking Kenneth Branagh, and Magnus has moved on, but the usual dark and gloomy tale. The initial sunshine for Wallander in the form of Vanja (Saskia Reeves) doesn't last long, and all the better for it, where would we be with a smiling, carefree Kurt. The storyline is great one, very dark and bleak, some incredibly scenes, in particular the dog incident, which has to be one of the darkest, most shocking moments on the show. Excellent performances, the regulars are great as always, Donald Sumpter is brilliant, but the show was owned by Con O'Neill, who was just incredible, he really does manage to get under your skin.

One of the best episodes of the show, if I had a criticism it would be they used some awful scenery, Sweden normally looks (and is!) a glorious country, they certainly didn't make it so here.