Arrow Films Presents Release of WALLANDER: ORIGINAL FILMS 1-6 6/11

Arrow films' Nordic Noir label is pleased to announce the UK DVD Box Set release of WALLANDER: ORIGINAL FILMS 1-6 on Monday 11th June 2012.

In some of the first WALLANDER episodes ever to be produced, this unique collection joins the original Kurt Wallander, played by Rolf Lassgård (who will return to UK sceens later this year as "Sebastian Bergman") as he sets out to solve 4 mysterious cases across 6 action-packed episodes. Based on the best-selling books by Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, detective Kurt Wallander is an intense and headstrong maverick, prone to eating poorly, sleeping irregularly and drinking too much.

These original WALLANDER films have proved hugely influential. Produced between 1994 and 2007, they not only paved the way for a Swedish Television adaptation featuring 26 episodes across 2 series, where Kurt Wallander was played by Krister Henriksson, but also for an English adaptation, commissioned by the BBC. Broadcast on BBC1 and syndicated worldwide, WALLANDER was played by the legendary Irish actor Kenneth Branagh.

For the full press release and episode synopsis, click here.

WALLANDER is widely credited for kick-starting the UK's love of foreign language drama. To coincide with BBC1's big-budget English adaptation of the series, BBC4 announced that it would air its Swedish counterpart. First broadcast in late 2008, The Killing and Borgen have since followed WALLANDER into the nations hearts, with The Bridge now set to continue the trend. Following its recent television premier, which was seen by over 1 million viewers, the season 1 box set of The Bridge will be released on the Noric Noir imprint on May 21st.