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Henning Mankell

Henning Mankell

Writer · Died October 5, 2015, aged 67 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Henning Georg Mankell (3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
February 3, 1948
Died
October 5, 2015 (aged 67)
From
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Works as
Writer
Titles
6 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 20% in 30 days

What are Henning Mankell's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Ideas.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
40%
Ideas
26%
Bonds
13%
Survival
12%
Self
9%
Truth3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 0 · Serious 0 · Dark 3

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 3 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 0

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 0 · Engaged 3 · Full focus 0

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 1 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
4
Melancholic
2
Contemplative
2
Dread
1
Cold
1

How their films linger

Thought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Henning Mankell's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 6 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Henning Mankell's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

57 credits, 6 with a MovieCove page; 8 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Wallander - Steget efter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Characters

  • Young Wallander(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Novel

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows

  • Afternoon Encounter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Screenplay

  • Wallander: The Sad Bird (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander 31 - The Arsonist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Loss (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Betrayal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters

  • Wallander: Missing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Troubled Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Characters · Novel

  • The Chinese Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • Wallander: The Witness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Collector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Heritage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters · Story

  • Kennedy's Brain(2010)

    Author

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • Wallander: The Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander 22 - Angel of Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Characters · Writer

  • Wallander: The Sniper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Leak (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Priest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Cellist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Thief (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Courier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Guilt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander(2008)

    Show 12 episodes · Creator · Writer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • The Pyramid (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Novel

  • Wallander - Firewall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • Wallander: The Secret (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Joker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: Blood Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Castle Ruins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Container Lorry (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Photographer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Trickster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: Mastermind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The African (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Overdose (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Characters · Story

  • Wallander: The Village Idiot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Characters · Story

  • One Step Behind(2005)

    Novel · Writer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Wallander(2005)

    Show 32 episodes · Creator · Story

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Wallander: Before the Frost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Novel

  • The Return of the Dancing Master (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 2 episodes · Author

  • The Hard Cops(2004)

    Author

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Mannen Som Log (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 2 episodes · Novel

  • The Fifth Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 4 episodes · Novel

  • Wallander: Sidetracked (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 3 episodes · Novel · Screenplay · Writer

  • Chronicler of the Winds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • Etterfølgeren (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Writer

  • The White Lioness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Novel

  • Hundarna i Riga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 2 episodes · Creator · Novel · Writer

  • Nattbok (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Thanks

  • The Dogs of Riga (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Novel · Writer

  • Wallander: Faceless Killers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 4 episodes · Novel

  • Svenska livstycken (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director

  • The Race (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)

    Director · Writer

  • A Little Horror? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1973)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Adaptation

Career shape

A full career of 57 titles, 56 of them dated from 1973 to 2020.

Biggest box office

One Step Behind (2005)

$74K worldwide

Highest rated

Young Wallander (2020)

Midcredits 49th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing3 of 57: 1 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting55 of 57: 50 only writing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score50thOther crew4 of 57: 1 only other crew, 3 with another role

57 titles, 5 with more than one role — writing and other crew overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

1970s1 · crew1980s2 · crew1990s7 · crew2000s31 · crew2010s14 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Henning Mankell's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 43rd percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

48thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

38thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 6 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up2
  • 50th to 74th1
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

None of their 6 titles divides audiences: 2 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Crowd Pleaser2
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed2

Most loved · writer

Wallander (2008)

Midcredits 85th · 87% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Henning Mankell work with?

People who share at least 2 of Henning Mankell's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Urs Egger shares the most, 2.

Directors

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers