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A retired detective accepts a simple task, unaware that it will tear open old, forgotten, but deadly wounds.


Kurt Wallander and the team are stumped when they find an old man, Greger Stehn, dead due to poisoning. It appears that Stehn, who looked like a vagrant, was in fact very wealthy.

Krister Henriksson
Kurt Wallander

Johanna Sällström
Linda Wallander

Ola Rapace
Stefan Lindman

Fredrik Gunnarsson
Svartman

Mats Bergman
Nyberg

Marianne Mörck
Ebba

Stina Ekblad
Karin Linder

Malin Berghagen
Christine Bergdahl

Mats Rudal
Per Bergdahl
Peter Engman
Johan Haartman
Wallander: The Castle Ruins is a crime, thriller film released in 2006. Directed by Anders Engström, it stars Krister Henriksson, Johanna Sällström, Ola Rapace. Kurt Wallander and the team are stumped when they find an old man, Greger Stehn, dead due to poisoning. It appears that Stehn, who looked like a vagrant, was in fact very wealthy.
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