Wallander: The Village Idiot

Wallander: The Village Idiot

Part of Wallander Collection

2005•1h 32m•5.5/10

CrimeThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.5/10(19)

In the second film with Krister Henriksson as Kurt Wallander, a man enters a bank and threatens to blow it up in the air unless his demands are met. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner has the assistance of daughter Linda, newly graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman.

Open in PickFlick

Production

Yellow Bird, TV4, ARD Degeto

Language

SV

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Krister Henriksson

Krister Henriksson

Kurt Wallander

Johanna Sällström

Johanna Sällström

Linda Wallander

Ola Rapace

Ola Rapace

Stefan Lindman

Angela Kovács

Angela Kovács

Anna-Britt Höglund

Fredrik Gunnarsson

Fredrik Gunnarsson

Svartman

Chatarina Larsson

Chatarina Larsson

Lisa Holgersson

Douglas Johansson

Douglas Johansson

Martinsson

Mats Bergman

Mats Bergman

Nyberg

Stina Ekblad

Stina Ekblad

Rättsläkare

Marianne Mörck

Marianne Mörck

Ebba

Anders Ekborg

Anders Ekborg

Göran / Bror

Amanda Ooms

Amanda Ooms

Henriette Leike

Johan Rabaeus

Johan Rabaeus

Eric Leike

Linus Jardert

David Leike

Toni Rhodin

Michael Sandell

Anette Lindbäck

Anette Lindbäck

Signe

Petra Brylander

Mathilda Johansson

Recommended

Wallander: Before the Frost

Wallander: Before the Frost

A fanatical sect is suspected to be behind some horrific violent crimes in Ystad. Henning Mankell's sharp-eyed commissioner receives assistance from her daughter Linda, a newly-graduated police officer, and criminal inspector Stefan Lindman. The first of 32 films with Krister Henriksson as the popular commissioner Kurt Wallander.

Wallander: Before the Frost

2005

5.6

Home Run Showdown

Home Run Showdown

Two little league teams take on their coaches' sibling rivalry, and end up in battle in a place the baseball world never expected: in the outfield of the Home Run Derby.

Home Run Showdown

2012

8.9

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 7: Ready to Scare

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 7: Ready to Scare

Scooby-Doo and the mystery inc gang battle fiends and gobs of eerie monsters.

What's New, Scooby-Doo? Vol. 7: Ready to Scare

2006

9.9

12

After blowing his professional ballet career, John's only way to redeem himself is to concoct the demise of his former partner, Leah, who he blames for his downfall; he rehearses his salvation in his mind in the way that he rehearses a dance, but being able to break from the routine will be the key to his success.

12

2009

5.6

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

An independent group of researchers called the Godzilla Prediction Network (GPN) actively track Godzilla as he makes landfall in Nemuro. Matters are further complicated when a giant meteor is discovered in the Ibaragi Prefecture. The mysterious rock begins to levitate as it's true intentions for the world and Godzilla are revealed.

Godzilla 2000: Millennium

1999

6.9

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Breaking Point

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Breaking Point

The two teams become even more strained when the Metal Maniacs get a new leader. Meanwhile, the Acceleracers and the Racing Drones face challenges while competing in the Racing Realms with a new, mysterious opponent.

Hot Wheels AcceleRacers: Breaking Point

2005

8.6

12

not there yet

12

2020

5.6

Beck: The Last Day

Beck: The Last Day

Two traffic officers on a quiet morning shift try to stop a car for speeding. When the car finally pulls over, the driver gets out and shoots at them, killing one of the officers in cold blood. A national alert is issued and an extensive search for the ruthless killer begins, with the Beck group at the lead. Neither the officer’s shocked and wounded colleague nor any of the witnesses have seen anything helpful to the police. Finally, they find the car registration number using a surveillance camera. But, when they enter the car owner’s apartment, they find him shot to death. The first day of summer is a long one for the Beck group, as the killer has more victims on his list.

Beck: The Last Day

2016

5.6

The Wild Soccer Bunch 2

The Wild Soccer Bunch 2

An unsupervised junior soccer team loses its ace player to the leader of a rival gang. Since only an entire team can win, they must have her back to be able to win the game against the national team. The existence of The Wild Soccer Bunch is at stake ...

The Wild Soccer Bunch 2

2005

5.8

Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band

Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band

Japanese rock band Ziggy comes to London and gets attacked upon arrival at the hotel after a recording session. The musicians barely escape the attack; however, soon they learn that their producer has been murdered, and they are the suspects! Chased by police and some mysterious organization, they find shelter at a local rockers' place and even give a performance there; but it is not too long before their pursuers appear again.

Ziggy: Soreyuke! R&R Band

1991

7.9

Captain Nulle

Captain Nulle

Valdis Nulle is a young and ambitious captain of fishing ship 'Dzintars'. He has his views on fishing methods but the sea makes its own rules. Kolkhoz authorities are forced to include dubious characters in his crew, for example, former captain Bauze and silent alcoholic Juhans. The young captain lacks experience in working with so many fishermen on board. Unexpectedly, pretty engineer Sabīne is ordered to test a new construction fishing net on Nulle's ship and 'production conflict' between her and the captain arises...

Captain Nulle

1964

7.4

Muriel, or the Time of Return

Muriel, or the Time of Return

In the seaside town of Boulogne, no one seems to be able to cope with their past, least of all Hélène, an antique furniture saleswoman, her stepson Bernard, and her former lover Alphonse.

Muriel, or the Time of Return

1963

6.9

Similar Movies

Hitch Hike

Hitch Hike

A bickering couple driving cross-country pick up a murderous hitchhiker who threatens to kill them unless they take him to a sanctuary. In return he agrees to split some bank loot he has on him.

Hitch Hike

1977

6.8

Five Minutes to Live

Five Minutes to Live

A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.

Five Minutes to Live

1961

5.4

Miles from Home

Miles from Home

Two brothers who are forced off their farm in the debt stricken mid-west become folk heroes when they begin robbing the banks that have been foreclosing on farmers.

Miles from Home

1988

5.4

Cash on Demand

Cash on Demand

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

Cash on Demand

1961

7.6

Little Bone Lodge

Little Bone Lodge

During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.

Little Bone Lodge

2023

6.6

Traficantes Del Panico

Traficantes Del Panico

A band of thugs belonging to an organized crime family assaults several casinos at the same time creating death and panic in their wake. As they flee the scenes of their crimes police begin to close in on them, so they quickly hide themselves in a villa owned by a wealthy industrialist taking him and his family hostage.

Traficantes Del Panico

1980

4.8

The Baader Meinhof Complex

The Baader Meinhof Complex

When German police viciously quell a protest against the shah of Iran, popular journalist Ulrike Meinhof rebels against her dishonest marriage, walks away from her children and joins radical anarchist Andreas Baader. Together with Baader's girlfriend, Gudrun Ensslin, they form the violent Red Faction Army, and together perpetrate a slew of terrorist attacks as a way of disrupting the fabric of what they see as an increasingly fascist state.

The Baader Meinhof Complex

2008

7.0

Hijacked: Flight 285

Hijacked: Flight 285

A convicted murderer is escorted by marshals on a regular flight from Phoenix to Dallas. Shortly after takeoff, two of his aides, traveling as ordinary passengers, take control and free him. He demands $20 million in bonds upon landing. And a sick passenger, bad weather or mechanical problems won't stop him.

Hijacked: Flight 285

1996

5.6

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

The Negotiator

1998

7.1

Breaking News

Breaking News

After a disastrous failure to stop a robber gang, the police attempt to redeem themselves through a series of publicity stunts and shootouts.

Breaking News

2004

6.9

Street Fighter

Street Fighter

Colonel Guile and various other martial arts heroes fight against the tyranny of dictator M. Bison and his cohorts.

Street Fighter

1994

4.7

Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.

Toy Soldiers

1991

6.5