White Lioness, the

Rolf Lassg�rd (Actor), Charlotte Sieling (Actor), Per Berglund (Director) | Rated: Unrated | Format: DVD

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Actors: Rolf Lassg�rd, Charlotte Sieling, Cecilia Zwick-Nash, Ernst G�nther Jr., Basil Appollis
Directors: Per Berglund
Writers: Henning Mankell, Lars Bj�rkman
Producers: David Wicht, Gertrud Bengtsson, Katinka Farag�
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Language: English, Swedish
Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number of discs: 1
MPAA Rating:
Studio: Paradox
Release Date: Dec 2 2003
Run Time: 103 minutes

Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

ASIN: 6305885079
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #40,125 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #47 in DVD > Art House & International > By Country > Sweden

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The third of a series of Swedish mysteries featuring small-town Police Inspector Kurt Wallander (based on the novels of Henning Mankell), this one drops the doughy, middle-aged crime solver in the midst of an international conspiracy. It all starts in South Africa, when a pro-apartheid conspirator sends a gaunt, steely-eyed former KGB assassin (icy Jesper Christensen) and a black hit man to Sweden to train for a unnamed killing. The sleepy little town gets a jolt when their hideout is destroyed in a fireball and the remains found in the ashes--a precision firearm, a sophisticated, high-powered radio, and a severed human thumb--lead Wallander back to South Africa. The scenes of beefy Nordic Wallander in a sea of black faces, appalled at the poverty and a little out of his element but always the egalitarian Swede, are among the best of the movie. Rolf Lassgård plays Wallander as a modest, amiable everyman and a dogged investigator tossed into an extreme situation, fumbling at a shootout and clumsily giving chase through frozen city streets but never shirking duty or danger. Director Pelle Berglund sets a deliberate, at times dawdling pace hampered by obscure side trips into Wallander's private life, but fills the film with a combustible conspiracy and terrific characters, notably Christensen's arrogant, icy killer and Basil Appollis's cool, charismatic South African police detective, John September. --Sean Axmaker

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A better than average TV movie Jan 20 2004

By Julien Klettenberg

Format:DVD

Fans of novelist Henning Mankell will enjoy this film, if only for the opportunity to see police inspector Kurt Wallander brought to life on the small screen. This film is only a loose adaptation of Mankell's novel (which is probably too complex to film in its entirety, in any case), and those expecting a faithful treatment may be a little disappointed; however, it succeeds in capturing the essence of Wallander's world, and that alone makes it worthwhile viewing. It's also a well-paced crime drama, with a suitably nail-biting climax.

TV adaptations of most of Mankell's novels have been made, but so far this is the only one that seems to be widely available outside of Sweden. Let's hope that someone sees fit to release the rest of them!

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Good suspense and scenes of Sweden & South Africa Jan 25 2003

By "tadachan"

Format:DVD

I watched this movie first, then now reading the original novel.

Obviously, this movie seems going after "The day of the Jackel" in many points, and different far from its original.
But I take this movie, rather than the novel.
This movie is free from most of the defects of the original - the lack of consistency (though still opportunistic in some points).

Besides, you can travel the scenes of both of Swedish suburben and South African city (mostly its people's life scenes).

The images are graceful, from which you would feel the dark, cold atmosphere of southern Sweden, and dry South African air.

And I suppose I don't mind the darkness of its images another reviewer pointed out based on the VHS edition - the staff might consider her/his cliticism when they produced this DVD edition.

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