Wallander (2005–2013): Season 2, Episode 5 - Cellisten - full transcript
After attending a concert by Russian cellist Irina Konsalevska Wallander saves her life when she is the victim of a car bomb. She recovers in hospital where another attempt is made to kill ...
No, don't get up.
- Who is it?
- I don't know.
Shit!
- Be careful.
- Yeah, yeah.
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE CELLIST
Excuse me.
You dropped your wallet.
Thank you.
Is there a problem?
No, Alex, everything's all right.
There's no problem. It's OK.
Sorry, what did you say?
I just wanted to thank you.
I thought the concert was fantastic.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Bye.
They did this...
Who are “they”?
Ambulance, for Christ's sake!
Shouldn't you have the hospital
look at that hand of yours?
- Jesus, no, I'll be all right.
- Did you know the woman?
No.
She's a cellist.
I'd gone to see the concert,
and she came out, and I went to thank her...
...and, shit, it just went up!
Kurt!
Kurt Wallander!
I found this personal alarm in her car.
Any comment on what happened?
- So, witness protection, then?
- Right.
It's one of the Malmo police's,
so I guess I'll have to give them a call.
Do that.
- Nyberg?
- Yes?
- Nyberg, what do you think?
- It smells like Lewis PE.
I'd say twenty grams, wrongly enriched
and with too little nitromethane.
If they'd known what they were doing,
the parking lot would be toast...
...and you wouldn't be going anywhere.
We were lucky. That's all.
Drive me to the hospital.
And step on it.
She's unconscious, but stable.
- We don't yet know how serious her injuries are.
- What kind of injuries are they?
Concussion from the shock wave...
...burns, cuts on her legs and torso,
but mostly her hands.
Oh, no, Jesus, not her hands.
We don't think there'll be
any need for amputation.
Come on. You must be able
to fix her hands.
- She's a musician.
- We're doing all we can. I promise.
Call me as soon as she comes round.
- You should get that hand seen to.
- We'll worry about that afterwards.
- Come and see me later, and I'll fix you up.
- Thank you.
Isabelle...
- What's he saying?
- Nothing yet.
He's in shock. Someone's
on their way down from Psychiatry.
- Are you the one on watch?
- Yes. So what's the picture?
Someone tried to kill her with a car bomb.
That's all we know.
I see. OK.
National Bureau of Investigation.
I'm looking for Irina Konsalevska.
- I'm told she's here in this ward.
- Room three, down there.
- And who am I?
- You're from the police.
- There's an officer in there with her too.
- Thanks.
Now you've told me there's some guy in there
with her as well. Thanks for the help.
Next time, demand to see ID.
It looks like this.
Haven't the Ystad police
told you things like that?
The door to the ward isn't even locked!
- You can't come in here.
- Easy, now.
I"m going to reach slowly for my 1D
in my inside left pocket.
OK?
Has it been a quiet night?
No Russian circus dwarves
sneaking around here?
Bang!
You're dead.
National Bureau of Investigation,
special crimes squad.
They don't have to hire a load
of expensive killers to do her in here.
They haven't got a clue,
let me tell you.
The ward is to be kept locked and you should
remain seated outside the room, not inside.
And no civilian visitors, got it?
And we never had this conversation, OK?
Yes.
You're playing with the big boys now.
The big girls and boys,
I should say, of course.
Bye, now.
- Hi.
- Hello, there.
“Local hero saves female musician
from car bomb.”
You don't have to read it.
You just have to look at yourself and enjoy.
My mom would have cut this out and saved it.
I've found out quite a bit about this woman.
A prosecutor from Malmo
called me up late last night...
...and asked me if I knew anything,
given that the attack had taken place here.
I said, “No, I don't.” But since he'd
called me, I asked him what he knew.
And he told me that Irina Konsalevska
is in a witness protection program.
She's the chief witness
in a murder investigation...
...with links to “Russian groups”.
And that's why they gave her a personal alarm?
Who knows?
He couldn't say any more because it's confidential,
and a preliminary investigation is under way.
- Who's the prosecutor?
- Carl Assur.
Who's leading the investigation?
No idea.
Malmo police.
- How many records do you have?
-2,373.
- Can I borrow one?
- Hi, Kurt here. How are things?
Listen, I have a question for you,
and you don't need to answer...
...but, if I'm right, just hang up.
The murder investigation in Malma...
Threatened principal witness
in the car bomb blast...
...here in Ystad last night...
Does the one leading the investigation
have the initials J. R.?
- Jens Riis.
- Jens?
I see.
- Have you worked with him?
- No, no, never.
No, not worked together.
We...
...saw each other for a while.
“Saw each other”?
What do you want me to say?
- You don't have to say any more.
- OK, I won't.
- Excuse me! I think she's waking up.
- Right. OK.
OK, she's waking up.
Get a 10-mil morphine shot ready,
and put a fentanyl patch on her, please.
Quick, before she loses consciousness again!
- Is this a common type of explosive?
- Yes, the most common.
You can download the recipe
from the internet...
...and the ingredients are widely available.
We got the numbers of the cars
that were in the parking lot...
...sowe've just got to get down
to finding the owners.
She'll probably get a brand new violin
through her insurance.
- Anew one?
- Yes. You can see this one's really old.
Yes, but not everything that's old
loses value with time.
Martinsson, you and I will go
to Malmd and see Jens Riis.
And you take charge of the watch on Irina.
Take Pontus and Isabelle to help you.
Do you think that's
a suitable job for trainees?
Not really...
...but with such an experienced
policeman as you around...
.I'm sure it'll be fine.
OK, we'll give it a shot.
Ever since I was 50,
I dreamed of living like this, on a boat.
They're just a lot of hard work.
- Ridiculous.
- Do you think so?
Well, I'll be...! Half the Ystad
police force is out and about!
Have you left the town unattended
just to come and see me?
- Did you know we were coming?
- No.
I saw you at the gate. CCTV.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Welcome aboard.
Take a seat.
- Are we interrupting?
- Of course you are.
I'll call you later.
You're here because of her,
the violin player?
The cellist, yes.
Irina Konsalevska.
I assume that you want us to take over.
No problem.
The car bomb can obviously
be linked to our investigation.
We don't want you to take over at all.
OK.
As we understand it,
the car bomb in Ystad is related to a trial...
...that lrina is going to testify in.
We're offering you help
in this mess, so take it.
You can see us as your assistants.
And so who's leading the investigation?
My man or yours?
Our preliminary investigation
is already under way.
It's being led by district prosecutor
Katarina Ahlsell in Ystad.
Katarina?
- Hi, Dad.
- Hi, sweet pea.
I was at Madde's after school.
- They drove me.
- I know. I called her.
- Right.
- Hugs.
It's a murder inquiry.
The man who was shot,
or rather executed...
...is a Russian exile, a conductor.
- You know, someone who...
- I know, I know.
They were in some sort
of relationship, him and Irina.
He was shot at home.
She saw his killer
and could identify him.
Her testimony
is what the entire case rests on.
Is he under arrest?
Yuri Rina is in police custody.
He's saying nothing.
And he's got a bastard of a lawyer...
...no doubt paid for by his Russian friends.
This was taken a year ago...
...at the funeral of a hit man, Vlad Egorev.
The others here are known to us,
but Yuri was new to us then.
- What church is that?
- The Russian Orthodox on Bergsgatan.
What do you have on Yuri's background?
Zilch.
And that's the strange thing.
The day after he was taken into custody...
...this lawyer showed up from London.
With his passport.
Who's the lawyer?
Richard Metz, Swede, operates internationally.
Well, we checked up this Metz...
...and it turns out he's defended several
high-profile cases against the Russian mafia.
In other words, it's Richard Metz
we should be focusing on.
He might lead us to Yuri's paymasters.
You always have to play the cop, don't you?
- I was just thinking...
- He is Yuri's lawyer!
If 1 follow his car for one single block
or ask the guy one single question...
...it could end up invalidating
the whole damn case.
- What about the threats on Irina?
- No one's been threatening her.
That's not how they work.
- Do you have protection yourself?
- Yes...
...and you know yourself
how well that works.
So I moved here and got myself
some surveillance gear.
We actually tried to get Irina
to recognize the danger, but...
With full witness protection...
...she wouldn't be able
to go around performing concerts.
But she'd be able to stand witness.
I'm supposed to hand these in to the ward.
Yes, there you are. OK.
Thank you.
Come quickly!
Let's go.
Three milligrams of cortisone.
Paddles, please.
- We have ventricular fibrillation.
- Defibrillate!
- Charge!
- Clear!
Hello, Kurt Wallander speaking.
Her condition is critical,
but we think she'll pull through.
We got her out of there in the nick of time.
I'll be talking to my people...
...about the security level that's to apply here,
and I want you to do the same.
And meanwhile I want no extra
or supply staff anywhere near Irina.
My staff have acted fully
in accordance with your instructions.
We're not a security firm.
If I need to call in extra staff to do the work
that needs to be done here, then I will.
Or else you can open your own hospital.
Thank you.
577,59, right?
Was there anything else that struck you?
No.
Excuse me!
Here.
This instrument-maker knew Irina.
- If it can be repaired.
- It's classed as evidence.
What's all this got to do with the cello?
No, right.
Of course.
I have another question.
This photo.
I took it in Tallinn.
Irina. Michail.
Michail knew this man.
I didn't like him.
He's a mafia guy.
Is he the one who killed Michail?
Irina has identified him,
and he's in police custody.
But do you know
what their relationship is?
No.
But know his type.
“Patriots”, mafia.
They hunt out the best salons.
Give gifts, flowers.
They maybe thought that Irina
and Michail were going to be stars.
- May I keep this?
- Of course.
Thank you.
Kurt!
Guess what.
They called me from Malmo and said...
...that they're transferring the preliminary
investigation for this entire affair to me!
Congratulations.
They said it was because I'd demanded it.
- What? Do you have a hand in this?
- Not at all. No.
But what... I come across
as some kind of ruthless careerist.
Well, I mean, just phone them
and turn it down.
No, I mean, I'll do it.
But it...
Look, I've got to get to Malmao.
- See you.
- OK. Bye.
There was a plastic flower in the bouquet...
...that had been filled with calcium
cyanide and a crystallized acid...
...that reacted with water to form cyanide gas.
The antithesis of fresh air, you could say.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Yes? Martinsson.
Can you be here in 45 minutes
and help with a stakeout?
- Yes, yes.
- It's Metz, Yuri's lawyer.
And no squad car.
Maybe I could take Pontus
on a little adventure.
Why not?
Sounds like a good idea to me.
- Good. Bye.
- All right. Bye.
Pontus?
We're off on a little stakeout.
Shouldn't you fill in a form
if you take your own car?
But it's Svartman's car.
I got to borrow it for police work
if I promised to take care of it.
- So no car chases, then?
- No.
And anyway, we have to get it back
before the nursery closes.
Could you have a look at this?
I don't know if you know about
what happened to Irina Konsalevska?
- And you are?
- Sorry.
Kurt Wallander, police.
Do you think you can repair it, fix it?
I think she's going to need it.
Follow me.
Thank you.
It's a curse to be born
with a talent like Irina's.
Having to invest in an instrument like this.
It took years for her to find it.
She paid a fortune.
She got an instrument loan, of course...
...but...
- Do you think it can salvaged?
- Well, let's have a look.
I'll pay for it.
Whatever the cost.
You're one of those.
Good.
If you do what you can to get
the ones who did this, I'll do what I can...
...and no money need change hands.
Sure, go ahead. Have a look round.
Did you and Irina know each other well?
Fairly well, yes.
Michail, the murdered conductor...
Do you have your suspicions why?
I have no idea.
I knew him only superficially.
They'd recently become a couple.
I think she was very much in love.
Kurt speaking.
I checked out the hotel where the lawyer
is staying, and he's still in his room.
OK. I'll be right over.
Good. Bye.
The case has been ruined, I'm afraid.
Wasn't it Michail who gave it to her?
I have no idea.
Cases like this are very exclusive.
Built-in climate control,
anti-theft devices and shock absorbers.
I'm afraid that the temperatures
got too high this time.
Music was everything to her.
To protect her instrument...
Right. If only they'd had the sense
to protect themselves.
- Listen, thanks for the help.
- Don't mention it.
- Bye.
- Good luck.
Thanks.
Alex...
My hands, Alex.
- My hands.
- I know.
I know.
Alex, don't cry.
That's good.
Get back to me
as soon as you find out more.
Thanks.
Bye.
How is she?
They can't tell.
Fuck!
We've been working for months on this case.
And so, right now at this difficult time,
our thoughts turn to Jens Riis...
The camera.
Fuck!
- What? Did he see you?
- He saw us.
Good.
- He's supposed to see us.
- Shit.
I recognize you.
- Are you also a cop?
- Yes, that's right.
- Who are you?
- Richard Metz, defense attorney.
- So you're from the police?
- That's right.
- Why are you parked here?
- We're working.
- I see.
- And right now, you're disturbing us.
I do apologize.
Great.
Martinsson?
He just left in a yellow cab.
Heading west.
- Here it comes.
- Drive.
I'll mail these pictures over to Nyberg.
Can you connect to a network here?
The hotel's asking for a password.
Could you go over to reception
and ask them what the password is?
Sure.
Yes?
The cab dropped him off
at Industrigatan 4 in Hakanstorp.
He entered some kind of warehouse, G&G AB.
Yes.
Wait. There's a car coming.
I'll call later.
- Did you get the number?
- GOR 741.
“Hotel 123.”
By the way, Katarina says hi and thanks.
- For what?
- For being given the investigation.
And?
I read her application.
You have a lovely signature.
Thank you.
Check the plates.
So when did I become your assistant?
Wasn't it the other way round?
OK; it's been an hour.
We have to get back soon.
Svartman has to pick his kid up from the nursery.
Then you'll have to call him and say
that his car is being used in a stakeout.
You want me to call him?
You're the one who...
Hey, wasn't there a hot dog stand back there?
- You want something?
- We can't just leave, can we?
No, one of us will sit here,
and the other will go.
It won't take more than ten minutes.
OK, I'll have a grilled regular.
Am I going?
What, should I go?
No, no, I can go.
Call me if something happens.
By the way, this memory card is almost full.
Have we got any more?
Thanks.
Hi, Kurt.
Yeah, yeah. But, at the moment,
I"m out getting provisions.
But call Pontus.
Yes, good. Bye.
He's not answering.
We're going over.
Look, I need it now, so call me
as soon as you get this, OK?
Svartman.
Can you drive over to see the witness
in the hospital and show her these pictures?
Sure.
Hey, have they heard anything from Pontus?
No. Why?
He borrowed my car,
and I'm going to need it soon.
- I haven't seen him.
- I'll call him again.
Pontus!
Shit!
Answer me!
What the fuck...?
The ambulance is on its way!
Help me to stop the bleeding!
What the hell happened?
What were the pictures of?
They were from a stakeout
that Kurt and Jens had being doing...
...on some hit men in Malmo.
Pontus has been shot!
Listen, Pontus,
they say that it's OK.
You'll be fine.
Did you see who it was?
Did you see anything?
- There were two of them.
- Two?
I got pictures of them.
In the glove compartment.
OK.
See you later.
I don't think we have to be so polite
to this defense lawyer anymore.
Come on.
Let's get out of here.
I have a search warrant
for room 301, Richard Metz.
- This is a telephone number.
- And the woman whose number that is...
...is sitting and writing
out the warrant as we speak.
Come on.
OK, you take the elevator.
I'll take the stairs.
Police!
Back in your room!
No luggage.
Nothing.
Empty.
Scorched earth tactic.
Burn and destroy everything
that can be used by the enemy.
He knew too much.
Here you are!
What the hell?
Do you know what time it is?
I"m sorry, sweet pea.
I'm sorry.
Do you have to be a policeman?
Are you going to sit there
for the rest of the day, or what?
We're really sorry about this.
It wasn't Martinsson's fault.
No, I know.
It was my fault.
Pontus sends his regards.
His condition is stable.
He was hit in the neck,
but his artery was spared.
And he was wearing his vest,
which saved his life...
...and from now on I want everyone
wearing a vest, at all times.
You too, Katarina.
And no one is to do anything without first
getting approval from either Katarina or me.
Is that clear? Good.
These two people have been shot.
One of them has been identified...
...as the guy who handed over
the flowers at the hospital...
...in reception...
...and there's a theory that it could've been
these two who rigged up the car bomb.
Two fiascoes, in other words.
Both executed.
The same fate met this man...
...who is called Richard Metz...
...and was Yuri's defense attorney.
We found him in a hotel room,
strangled, no wallet, no ID.
Katarina, have you managed to get
in touch with the Russian authorities?
Yes, I have.
Leb Munchin.
He's considered one of the main men
in a branch of the Russian mafia...
...and Yuri Rina,
who's in custody, is Leb's son.
Leb has no criminal record.
In Russia, he's known by the nickname
prividenie, “The Phantom”.
He's a devout Russian orthodox...
...and has devoted a lot of time to the church,
via front men buying up icons from the West...
...that he's donated
to the church in his home village.
- How touching!
-Isn't it?
He's also believed to be behind
at least thirty or so murders...
...and is wanted by Interpol.
As you know, Yuri, his son,
is in custody for the murder...
...of the conductor that Irina was living with.
And that might explain why
they're putting so many resources...
...into freeing him.
Does what's his name, Leb,
have an address here in Sweden?
No, not that I know...
...but he's also believed to control...
...all trade with amphetamines
and other chemical narcotics in Scandinavia...
...and he's thought to have one
of his bases somewhere near Malmo.
The trial is set to start in a week...
...and if Irina doesn't testify,
Yuri will walk free.
But what I want to know...
...is why a man who's done nothing in his life
other than conduct symphony orchestras...
...gets bumped off by the mafia.
And not by any old thug
but by the son of their main man?
Yes, the new ones have arrived.
No, they're not here anymore.
Because they were no good.
- Where are you going?
- I've just got to run into work.
- What, again?
- You'll be all right, won't you?
Yeah. After all, I've got Bonken.
OK. Sleep tight.
- Good night.
- Good night. Sweet dreams.
- Who are you?
-'m a policeman.
We've already spoken to each other.
I was at your concert.
I was there before the bomb went off.
'M sorry. I don't remember.
I've spoken to the doctor...
...and he says that your hands will be fine.
The cello too.
I've spoken to Joseph,
and it can be repaired.
You've spoken to Joseph?
But let's not talk now.
You need to rest.
But I'd like to ask you to think
about what happened to Michail.
If you've got any idea
why he got murdered...
...it would be of great help
to our investigation.
And you were someone who knew him well.
No.
Don't talk now.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Good-bye.
Is there anything you want me
to bring tomorrow?
- Music?
No music.
Yes.
Hi. Guaranteed poison-free flowers.
- Sorry, Pontus.
- It's OK.
I was wondering if you could sign this.
It's a damage report for the car.
You know, for the insurance.
There was quite a bit of damage.
- God, it's heavy.
- Yes, it does weigh quite a bit.
But it'll do wonders for your posture.
Jens!
OK, OK.
Listen, thanks a lot.
I think that'll be all for today.
- OK.
- Thanks a lot for the help.
- It was nothing. Good night.
- Good night. Bye.
- Where's Kurt?
- Don't know.
I just thought
we"d work together for a while.
Yes. Right, I have to get back to the kids.
I meant me and Kurt Wallinder.
- Wallander.
- OK. Wallander.
Well, well, well.
Even at the best police stations...
None for me, thanks.
There are only two things I regret in life.
One, that I didn't buy shares
in SE Bank in'92.
And two, that I ended things
between the two of us.
Just second place?
Anyway, it was actually me
who dumped you.
After I found out that you were
running around with at least three others!
Was that really the case?
I can't remember.
I just remember you.
Shit, do you remember
when we were going to go to Mongolia?
Yeah, I sat waiting at Arlanda
for you for three hours.
- You never turned up.
- No.
- Yes!
- Is that true?
Excuse me.
- Hi, Kurt!
- Sorry to disturb you.
Could you come
and look at something?
Irina herself has said that
she had no dealings with criminals.
Yuri she just “recognized”...
...but she'd met Yuri
and his father, Leb, earlier.
The mafia likes to rub shoulders
with promising Russian artists...
...like Michail and Irina.
And I think they gave her this.
- A cello case?
- Yes.
It might not look much right now,
but it's valued at 100,000.
Customized.
What I think is this...
I don't know, but Leb Munchin's
livelihood is narcotics...
...amphetamines, ecstasy...
...and all the other kind of shit that they make...
...in those abandoned chemical plants
in the former Eastern Bloc...
...where Michail, Irina and Alex
were frequent visitors.
See?
Three cubic decimeters of empty space.
But as you say, “empty”.
What do you expect?
Can't this just be part of the construction?
Yes, but normally there's a cello
in here valued at a million.
This would be avery good place
to smuggle drugs in...
...wouldn't you agree?
And what customs officer
would want to start pulling this apart?
So you think that Irina was a runner?
Or Michail.
For me, it's still just
three cubic decimeters of air.
But before we get to the bottom of this...
...we must know why Michail was murdered.
If you've got a better idea,
be my guest.
We have the killer.
We have the witness.
That's all we need.
And as far as 'm concerned,
there's no “bottom”...
.just an endless, black hole.
Pontus was three millimeters
from losing his life today.
Irina has survived two murder attempts.
Who else might need extra
protection, do you think?
The three of us in this room, I'd say.
But where are you going to move her?
We can't say, for security reasons.
But you'll have to have someone
from here with you.
You'll have to give us her medication
or a course on how to look after her.
And if something happens to her?
She's going to be testifying
in a murder trial.
- We're afraid that they'll try again.
- OK.
Call me if you need help.
Whenever.
- Thank you.
- Good luck.
I can walk by myself.
The doctor says that you're not to.
So, take it easy now.
You stay seated here, at least for tonight.
As if nothing's happened. Bye.
No, I'm staying at home. Yes.
But, look, why don't you
put her up at the station?
Or even in one of the cells?
You know, the fewer who know,
the safer she'll be.
At places like that,
even cleaners can pose a security risk.
We're dealing with people who can buy
or threaten their way to anything.
- See you tomorrow, then.
- See you tomorrow.
They're moving her.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm feeding Bonken.
- I see.
- Oh, that's pretty crumbly!
- He likes biscuits.
Ella, come on.
We've got to get you to school.
- Kurt's still here.
- OK.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
What the hell are you saying?
Yes. OK, I'll be there.
I'm on my way. Good. Bye.
Damn it.
And you wait for me after school
in the staff room until I come back, OK?
Not again! How much longer
are we going to have to do this?
I don't know.
Lay it on the towel there.
Can you move it?
Yes, but it feels tight.
The first time I met you,
in the parking lot after the concert...
...spoke to you in English.
I just assumed that...
Well...
How long have you lived in Sweden?
I came here with my mother
when I was three.
She played viola and had gotten a job
with the royal opera orchestra.
- She must be very proud of you.
- Yes.
She used to say that we were
in the service of the great masters.
She'd have been livid
if I canceled concerts...
...just because of those cowardly
bastards who shot Mischa.
Do you remember yesterday
I asked you if you could...
...give some thought to why you think
Michail might have been murdered?
Yes.
Have you had any ideas?
No.
Irina, if all goes well,
you'll be testifying against Yuri Rina.
And you'll be testifying under oath...
...and everything you try to hide
will be used against you.
Michail smuggled drugs
with these people, but I...
I didn't want anything to do with them.
I didn't want to hear about it
or see it either...
...but I knew about it.
Maybe his death
has something to do with that.
I don't know.
He smuggled the drugs in the cello case?
- Yes.
- Which he got from Yuri?
Yes, from Yuri or one of the others.
I don't know.
“One of the others”...
...whom you knew?
No, I didn't know them.
I'd met them.
Look, I'll see to it that someone
comes to take care of you here.
00:58:20,284 --> 00:58:21,513
Hi, Svartman?
Listen, we've moved Irina...
...and I'll send the coordinates to your GPS.
- OK.
- Can you come?
- I've discovered something.
- What did you say?
I checked with Parking Enforcement
on the off chance...
...about where this Russian Leb Munchin's
car had been ticketed.
And it turned out that almost all his fines...
...came from that corner
of Foreningsgatan-Celsiusgatan.
So I called a resident there...
...and he knew that that apartment was sublet.
- Jesus.
- It has to be the one.
Excellent work.
- Get over here right away.
- OK. Yes. Bye.
He's on his way.
Too late.
It's her.
I've met him before.
He was at the concert.
He wanted to listen to her final concert.
Jesus Christ.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Come on in.
I'd rather...
If you'd like to come out here...
- What's up?
- I've got a little question to ask. That's all.
I mean, if someone's an HIV carrier,
you'd have some sort of record, right?
Yes, if it's been confirmed.
I just think it's so strange that it hasn't been
followed up in the preliminary investigation.
I don't know. Maybe they didn't attach
much importance to something like that.
- They should have.
- Well, you sure are.
- OK, the civil registration number?
- This is a Russian citizen residing in Sweden.
- See. The name, then?
- Michail Davydov.
- Could he have been around 38 years old?
- Yes.
Michail Davydov was confirmed HIV positive
at Malmg University Hospital, April 2005.
Could you also check Irina Konsalevska?
Is she also dead and the subject
of a preliminary investigation?
No, she's alive,
but I really need to know.
Please, I'm begging.
Michail discovered he was HIV positive in 2005.
Irina hasn't even tested herself...
...and Yuri had his confirmed
a week before Michail's murder.
Could be a coincidence.
Michail and Yuri
were both apparently drug users.
They knew each other
and did drug deals together.
Irina thought it was a drug deal...
...but the quantities involved
were too small for that to be credible.
Personal revenge, in other words.
Yuri shot Michail
because he'd infected him with HIV.
Were they needle buddies?
Yes, they were trading chemical narcotics.
You know, amphetamine
and all that can be injected.
You can inject any old shit, in principle...
...if you can dissolve it in a liquid.
So that must be it.
Michail was HIV positive,
had a relationship with Irina...
...and she didn't get tested.
He didn't tell her.
And he smuggled drugs
for his own consumption in Irina's cello case.
A mother-in-law's dream.
Excuse me.
Jens here.
Shit, I've got to see the doctor. I don't
have a clue what I"m going to say to Irina.
I'll be right over.
Good.
Yuri's opened his mouth,
and he's prepared to talk...
...to a police officer.
OK, I'll be there as soon as I can.
And Jens, try to be that nice cop now.
It's not a problem, is it?
No extradition claim has been made.
Come in.
- I'd like a few words with Irina in private.
- Of course.
And you know you're not supposed
to be sitting in here?
It was only for a minute or two.
Did you know that Michail was HIV positive?
- What?
- That he was a carrier of HIV?
No.
- No, he didn't have HIV.
- Yes, he did.
He had it confirmed three years ago,
but that was before you met.
- He would have said something if...
- Yes, but he didn't.
But he should have.
A few questions about Michail.
Drugs.
- Did he inject?
- No.
Sure?
Michail wasn't a junkie.
He was scared to death of needles.
He couldn't even...
Do you know how sexually active he was?
Do you know if he'd been together
with another man?
You mean if he was bisexual?
Yes.
Yes. He'd had affairs with men before.
With Yuri Rina, who shot him?
What?
Do you know if Yuri was homosexual or bisexual?
Yuri?
We've confirmed that Yuri is also HIV positive,
so we can't rule out a link.
In his circles, they kill homosexuals.
They don't exist.
It can't be ruled out.
You find them everywhere, don't you?
Sure, but I've never heard of it.
I've spoken to a doctor...
...and you can go and have a blood test.
Yes, hello?
Hi.
Yes, good.
Jens, for Christ's sake!
Michail had unprotected sex,
despite knowing he was HIV positive.
That's why he was killed.
It was a revenge killing
or a crime of passion.
And I think that Yuri and Michail
were having an affair...
...and Yuri is scared of being freed
because he knows he'll pay for it with his life.
- His own father would do that?
- I find that damn hard to believe.
I think it all connects damn well.
Leb does what he can to get his son freed...
...either for the pleasure of killing him,
or as an act of fatherly love.
The one we should really
get hold of is Leb Munchin.
These stakeout photos you took.
Take a look at this.
There you see Yuri and...
Who's that man?
Leb Munchin.
Where did you say that church was?
You can wait here.
Kurt Wallander, Ystad police.
Id like to ask you a few questions.
Really?
Is there something going on between you two?
No.
- But there has been, right?
- No.
Come on. Don't lie to me.
Why do you think that?
It's just a little radar that I have.
A little radar that you have?
It's never occurred to you that someone
could be interested in someone...
...without doing anything about it?
“Interested”?
I knew it.
So, your vow of silence.
It stands above all else?
Even human lives?
It's not me who decides
if I can take the liberty to break it.
You're just some kind
of middle manager. I see.
The house of God is a sanctuary...
...a sanctuary for the soul...
...even for those who have chosen to defy him.
Yes.
But did you do PE too?
Were you?
Good.
But don't forget to take your towel
out of your gym bag...
...when you get home
and hang it over the towel rail, OK?
Do it right away.
Otherwise it starts to smell.
Yes.
No, I can't help you
with your homework tonight, baby.
Daddy has to work, sweetheart.
OK, say the number, and I'll see...
“Intermediary”?
What's that?
Yes, right.
These are beautiful.
Yes.
- Valuable?
- Not particularly.
Not the ones we have out here.
Where do they come from?
Yes, well...
They're mostly gifts from the parish.
Smuggled in?
I wouldn't know anything about that.
Thank you.
So if this man had never set foot
in the church...
...if you hadn't the faintest idea who he was...
...you'd have been able to tell me, right?
Your god would have allowed it?
Yes.
Thank you.
He knows him. It's obvious.
Maybe it was Leb Munchin
who donated the icons...
...and was given sanctuary here in the church.
Why would he stay here
in Sweden in hiding?
Because Yuri's still here.
Leb Munchin is old, around 70.
His career is over.
And if Yuri ends up behind bars,
maybe he'll never see him again.
At least not as a free man.
Maybe it's nothing to do with paternal love.
I mean, your theory is mostly based on the fact
you saw a photo of Yuri in Leb's wallet.
Yes.
Won't that do?
Ella! What are you doing here? Weren't you
supposed to be staying over at a friend's?
Yes, but...
Does your dad know you're here?
No, but I've only come to get Bonken.
- Bonken?
- Yes.
Can't he stay here with me?
No, he's not used to sleeping
without me. He'll get lonely.
All right, come and get him,
but be quick.
Hurry up, and come back up here right now.
Hi, Bonken!
Come to mommy.
Call me the moment he comes.
Two eyes on the church,
the other two over your shoulder.
No one leaves the other,
not even to go get a hot dog.
- Understood?
- OK.
- Good. Bye.
- Bye.
- Hi, sweet pea. Hi.
- Dad.
- Where are you going, Jens?
- The bastards have got Ella!
They're on the boat.
They've got Ella!
- Come on. Let's go.
- Jesus Christ!
Go and check out what the fuck
is going on in the machine room.
How's it going?
Come here.
The safety catch is off.
Hang on.
Have you got a license for that?
Come on. What the hell
does that matter now?
It matters one hell of a lot if she fires it.
A prosecutor...
- Have you handled one of those before?
- No.
Hold it firmly with both hands
and count on missing.
Shit!
- No, Jens!
- Jesus Christ, Kurt!
Ella!
- Hi. Are you all right?
-l...1 shot him.
OK, look. Go inside, over there.
Johan...
Damn it.
There, there. Easy now.
It's OK. Come here.
- There are two of them.
- The machine room...
There's one in the machine room.
Can you help him get all that off him?
Don't move!
I said, don't move!
I'll be damned. I fired.
Irina won't be playing...
...at your funeral, Leb.
What did he say?
“Irina won't be playing
at your funeral, Leb.”
See that?
A phantom.
- Kurt speaking.
- Hi. Yes, he's here.
Stay there.
I'm on my way.
I know he's here.
I want to talk to him in private.
Come in.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Fantastic, as usual.
- Thanks very much.
- From us at the station.
- They're lovely.
And then I've got this
that the doctor asked me to give you.
- It's the results of your test.
- I see.
- Would you like me to stay or go?
- Stay, please.
Thank God!
Thanks so much for everything.
The sentences were passed this morning.
Yuri got ten years and Leb got fifteen.
Thank you so much!
No problem.
I should be thanking you.
- See you around.
- Sure. Bye.
Exit Irina.
Will you see each other again,
do you think?
Who knows?
But at least I have her records.
I peeked at you while she was playing.
She made you smile.
- What do you mean by that?
- Nothing.
A bit jealous, maybe.
The others were talking
about going for a drink.
Care to join us?
Yes.
.
- Who is it?
- I don't know.
Shit!
- Be careful.
- Yeah, yeah.
HENNING MANKELL'S WALLANDER SERIES
THE CELLIST
Excuse me.
You dropped your wallet.
Thank you.
Is there a problem?
No, Alex, everything's all right.
There's no problem. It's OK.
Sorry, what did you say?
I just wanted to thank you.
I thought the concert was fantastic.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Bye.
They did this...
Who are “they”?
Ambulance, for Christ's sake!
Shouldn't you have the hospital
look at that hand of yours?
- Jesus, no, I'll be all right.
- Did you know the woman?
No.
She's a cellist.
I'd gone to see the concert,
and she came out, and I went to thank her...
...and, shit, it just went up!
Kurt!
Kurt Wallander!
I found this personal alarm in her car.
Any comment on what happened?
- So, witness protection, then?
- Right.
It's one of the Malmo police's,
so I guess I'll have to give them a call.
Do that.
- Nyberg?
- Yes?
- Nyberg, what do you think?
- It smells like Lewis PE.
I'd say twenty grams, wrongly enriched
and with too little nitromethane.
If they'd known what they were doing,
the parking lot would be toast...
...and you wouldn't be going anywhere.
We were lucky. That's all.
Drive me to the hospital.
And step on it.
She's unconscious, but stable.
- We don't yet know how serious her injuries are.
- What kind of injuries are they?
Concussion from the shock wave...
...burns, cuts on her legs and torso,
but mostly her hands.
Oh, no, Jesus, not her hands.
We don't think there'll be
any need for amputation.
Come on. You must be able
to fix her hands.
- She's a musician.
- We're doing all we can. I promise.
Call me as soon as she comes round.
- You should get that hand seen to.
- We'll worry about that afterwards.
- Come and see me later, and I'll fix you up.
- Thank you.
Isabelle...
- What's he saying?
- Nothing yet.
He's in shock. Someone's
on their way down from Psychiatry.
- Are you the one on watch?
- Yes. So what's the picture?
Someone tried to kill her with a car bomb.
That's all we know.
I see. OK.
National Bureau of Investigation.
I'm looking for Irina Konsalevska.
- I'm told she's here in this ward.
- Room three, down there.
- And who am I?
- You're from the police.
- There's an officer in there with her too.
- Thanks.
Now you've told me there's some guy in there
with her as well. Thanks for the help.
Next time, demand to see ID.
It looks like this.
Haven't the Ystad police
told you things like that?
The door to the ward isn't even locked!
- You can't come in here.
- Easy, now.
I"m going to reach slowly for my 1D
in my inside left pocket.
OK?
Has it been a quiet night?
No Russian circus dwarves
sneaking around here?
Bang!
You're dead.
National Bureau of Investigation,
special crimes squad.
They don't have to hire a load
of expensive killers to do her in here.
They haven't got a clue,
let me tell you.
The ward is to be kept locked and you should
remain seated outside the room, not inside.
And no civilian visitors, got it?
And we never had this conversation, OK?
Yes.
You're playing with the big boys now.
The big girls and boys,
I should say, of course.
Bye, now.
- Hi.
- Hello, there.
“Local hero saves female musician
from car bomb.”
You don't have to read it.
You just have to look at yourself and enjoy.
My mom would have cut this out and saved it.
I've found out quite a bit about this woman.
A prosecutor from Malmo
called me up late last night...
...and asked me if I knew anything,
given that the attack had taken place here.
I said, “No, I don't.” But since he'd
called me, I asked him what he knew.
And he told me that Irina Konsalevska
is in a witness protection program.
She's the chief witness
in a murder investigation...
...with links to “Russian groups”.
And that's why they gave her a personal alarm?
Who knows?
He couldn't say any more because it's confidential,
and a preliminary investigation is under way.
- Who's the prosecutor?
- Carl Assur.
Who's leading the investigation?
No idea.
Malmo police.
- How many records do you have?
-2,373.
- Can I borrow one?
- Hi, Kurt here. How are things?
Listen, I have a question for you,
and you don't need to answer...
...but, if I'm right, just hang up.
The murder investigation in Malma...
Threatened principal witness
in the car bomb blast...
...here in Ystad last night...
Does the one leading the investigation
have the initials J. R.?
- Jens Riis.
- Jens?
I see.
- Have you worked with him?
- No, no, never.
No, not worked together.
We...
...saw each other for a while.
“Saw each other”?
What do you want me to say?
- You don't have to say any more.
- OK, I won't.
- Excuse me! I think she's waking up.
- Right. OK.
OK, she's waking up.
Get a 10-mil morphine shot ready,
and put a fentanyl patch on her, please.
Quick, before she loses consciousness again!
- Is this a common type of explosive?
- Yes, the most common.
You can download the recipe
from the internet...
...and the ingredients are widely available.
We got the numbers of the cars
that were in the parking lot...
...sowe've just got to get down
to finding the owners.
She'll probably get a brand new violin
through her insurance.
- Anew one?
- Yes. You can see this one's really old.
Yes, but not everything that's old
loses value with time.
Martinsson, you and I will go
to Malmd and see Jens Riis.
And you take charge of the watch on Irina.
Take Pontus and Isabelle to help you.
Do you think that's
a suitable job for trainees?
Not really...
...but with such an experienced
policeman as you around...
.I'm sure it'll be fine.
OK, we'll give it a shot.
Ever since I was 50,
I dreamed of living like this, on a boat.
They're just a lot of hard work.
- Ridiculous.
- Do you think so?
Well, I'll be...! Half the Ystad
police force is out and about!
Have you left the town unattended
just to come and see me?
- Did you know we were coming?
- No.
I saw you at the gate. CCTV.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Welcome aboard.
Take a seat.
- Are we interrupting?
- Of course you are.
I'll call you later.
You're here because of her,
the violin player?
The cellist, yes.
Irina Konsalevska.
I assume that you want us to take over.
No problem.
The car bomb can obviously
be linked to our investigation.
We don't want you to take over at all.
OK.
As we understand it,
the car bomb in Ystad is related to a trial...
...that lrina is going to testify in.
We're offering you help
in this mess, so take it.
You can see us as your assistants.
And so who's leading the investigation?
My man or yours?
Our preliminary investigation
is already under way.
It's being led by district prosecutor
Katarina Ahlsell in Ystad.
Katarina?
- Hi, Dad.
- Hi, sweet pea.
I was at Madde's after school.
- They drove me.
- I know. I called her.
- Right.
- Hugs.
It's a murder inquiry.
The man who was shot,
or rather executed...
...is a Russian exile, a conductor.
- You know, someone who...
- I know, I know.
They were in some sort
of relationship, him and Irina.
He was shot at home.
She saw his killer
and could identify him.
Her testimony
is what the entire case rests on.
Is he under arrest?
Yuri Rina is in police custody.
He's saying nothing.
And he's got a bastard of a lawyer...
...no doubt paid for by his Russian friends.
This was taken a year ago...
...at the funeral of a hit man, Vlad Egorev.
The others here are known to us,
but Yuri was new to us then.
- What church is that?
- The Russian Orthodox on Bergsgatan.
What do you have on Yuri's background?
Zilch.
And that's the strange thing.
The day after he was taken into custody...
...this lawyer showed up from London.
With his passport.
Who's the lawyer?
Richard Metz, Swede, operates internationally.
Well, we checked up this Metz...
...and it turns out he's defended several
high-profile cases against the Russian mafia.
In other words, it's Richard Metz
we should be focusing on.
He might lead us to Yuri's paymasters.
You always have to play the cop, don't you?
- I was just thinking...
- He is Yuri's lawyer!
If 1 follow his car for one single block
or ask the guy one single question...
...it could end up invalidating
the whole damn case.
- What about the threats on Irina?
- No one's been threatening her.
That's not how they work.
- Do you have protection yourself?
- Yes...
...and you know yourself
how well that works.
So I moved here and got myself
some surveillance gear.
We actually tried to get Irina
to recognize the danger, but...
With full witness protection...
...she wouldn't be able
to go around performing concerts.
But she'd be able to stand witness.
I'm supposed to hand these in to the ward.
Yes, there you are. OK.
Thank you.
Come quickly!
Let's go.
Three milligrams of cortisone.
Paddles, please.
- We have ventricular fibrillation.
- Defibrillate!
- Charge!
- Clear!
Hello, Kurt Wallander speaking.
Her condition is critical,
but we think she'll pull through.
We got her out of there in the nick of time.
I'll be talking to my people...
...about the security level that's to apply here,
and I want you to do the same.
And meanwhile I want no extra
or supply staff anywhere near Irina.
My staff have acted fully
in accordance with your instructions.
We're not a security firm.
If I need to call in extra staff to do the work
that needs to be done here, then I will.
Or else you can open your own hospital.
Thank you.
577,59, right?
Was there anything else that struck you?
No.
Excuse me!
Here.
This instrument-maker knew Irina.
- If it can be repaired.
- It's classed as evidence.
What's all this got to do with the cello?
No, right.
Of course.
I have another question.
This photo.
I took it in Tallinn.
Irina. Michail.
Michail knew this man.
I didn't like him.
He's a mafia guy.
Is he the one who killed Michail?
Irina has identified him,
and he's in police custody.
But do you know
what their relationship is?
No.
But know his type.
“Patriots”, mafia.
They hunt out the best salons.
Give gifts, flowers.
They maybe thought that Irina
and Michail were going to be stars.
- May I keep this?
- Of course.
Thank you.
Kurt!
Guess what.
They called me from Malmo and said...
...that they're transferring the preliminary
investigation for this entire affair to me!
Congratulations.
They said it was because I'd demanded it.
- What? Do you have a hand in this?
- Not at all. No.
But what... I come across
as some kind of ruthless careerist.
Well, I mean, just phone them
and turn it down.
No, I mean, I'll do it.
But it...
Look, I've got to get to Malmao.
- See you.
- OK. Bye.
There was a plastic flower in the bouquet...
...that had been filled with calcium
cyanide and a crystallized acid...
...that reacted with water to form cyanide gas.
The antithesis of fresh air, you could say.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Yes? Martinsson.
Can you be here in 45 minutes
and help with a stakeout?
- Yes, yes.
- It's Metz, Yuri's lawyer.
And no squad car.
Maybe I could take Pontus
on a little adventure.
Why not?
Sounds like a good idea to me.
- Good. Bye.
- All right. Bye.
Pontus?
We're off on a little stakeout.
Shouldn't you fill in a form
if you take your own car?
But it's Svartman's car.
I got to borrow it for police work
if I promised to take care of it.
- So no car chases, then?
- No.
And anyway, we have to get it back
before the nursery closes.
Could you have a look at this?
I don't know if you know about
what happened to Irina Konsalevska?
- And you are?
- Sorry.
Kurt Wallander, police.
Do you think you can repair it, fix it?
I think she's going to need it.
Follow me.
Thank you.
It's a curse to be born
with a talent like Irina's.
Having to invest in an instrument like this.
It took years for her to find it.
She paid a fortune.
She got an instrument loan, of course...
...but...
- Do you think it can salvaged?
- Well, let's have a look.
I'll pay for it.
Whatever the cost.
You're one of those.
Good.
If you do what you can to get
the ones who did this, I'll do what I can...
...and no money need change hands.
Sure, go ahead. Have a look round.
Did you and Irina know each other well?
Fairly well, yes.
Michail, the murdered conductor...
Do you have your suspicions why?
I have no idea.
I knew him only superficially.
They'd recently become a couple.
I think she was very much in love.
Kurt speaking.
I checked out the hotel where the lawyer
is staying, and he's still in his room.
OK. I'll be right over.
Good. Bye.
The case has been ruined, I'm afraid.
Wasn't it Michail who gave it to her?
I have no idea.
Cases like this are very exclusive.
Built-in climate control,
anti-theft devices and shock absorbers.
I'm afraid that the temperatures
got too high this time.
Music was everything to her.
To protect her instrument...
Right. If only they'd had the sense
to protect themselves.
- Listen, thanks for the help.
- Don't mention it.
- Bye.
- Good luck.
Thanks.
Alex...
My hands, Alex.
- My hands.
- I know.
I know.
Alex, don't cry.
That's good.
Get back to me
as soon as you find out more.
Thanks.
Bye.
How is she?
They can't tell.
Fuck!
We've been working for months on this case.
And so, right now at this difficult time,
our thoughts turn to Jens Riis...
The camera.
Fuck!
- What? Did he see you?
- He saw us.
Good.
- He's supposed to see us.
- Shit.
I recognize you.
- Are you also a cop?
- Yes, that's right.
- Who are you?
- Richard Metz, defense attorney.
- So you're from the police?
- That's right.
- Why are you parked here?
- We're working.
- I see.
- And right now, you're disturbing us.
I do apologize.
Great.
Martinsson?
He just left in a yellow cab.
Heading west.
- Here it comes.
- Drive.
I'll mail these pictures over to Nyberg.
Can you connect to a network here?
The hotel's asking for a password.
Could you go over to reception
and ask them what the password is?
Sure.
Yes?
The cab dropped him off
at Industrigatan 4 in Hakanstorp.
He entered some kind of warehouse, G&G AB.
Yes.
Wait. There's a car coming.
I'll call later.
- Did you get the number?
- GOR 741.
“Hotel 123.”
By the way, Katarina says hi and thanks.
- For what?
- For being given the investigation.
And?
I read her application.
You have a lovely signature.
Thank you.
Check the plates.
So when did I become your assistant?
Wasn't it the other way round?
OK; it's been an hour.
We have to get back soon.
Svartman has to pick his kid up from the nursery.
Then you'll have to call him and say
that his car is being used in a stakeout.
You want me to call him?
You're the one who...
Hey, wasn't there a hot dog stand back there?
- You want something?
- We can't just leave, can we?
No, one of us will sit here,
and the other will go.
It won't take more than ten minutes.
OK, I'll have a grilled regular.
Am I going?
What, should I go?
No, no, I can go.
Call me if something happens.
By the way, this memory card is almost full.
Have we got any more?
Thanks.
Hi, Kurt.
Yeah, yeah. But, at the moment,
I"m out getting provisions.
But call Pontus.
Yes, good. Bye.
He's not answering.
We're going over.
Look, I need it now, so call me
as soon as you get this, OK?
Svartman.
Can you drive over to see the witness
in the hospital and show her these pictures?
Sure.
Hey, have they heard anything from Pontus?
No. Why?
He borrowed my car,
and I'm going to need it soon.
- I haven't seen him.
- I'll call him again.
Pontus!
Shit!
Answer me!
What the fuck...?
The ambulance is on its way!
Help me to stop the bleeding!
What the hell happened?
What were the pictures of?
They were from a stakeout
that Kurt and Jens had being doing...
...on some hit men in Malmo.
Pontus has been shot!
Listen, Pontus,
they say that it's OK.
You'll be fine.
Did you see who it was?
Did you see anything?
- There were two of them.
- Two?
I got pictures of them.
In the glove compartment.
OK.
See you later.
I don't think we have to be so polite
to this defense lawyer anymore.
Come on.
Let's get out of here.
I have a search warrant
for room 301, Richard Metz.
- This is a telephone number.
- And the woman whose number that is...
...is sitting and writing
out the warrant as we speak.
Come on.
OK, you take the elevator.
I'll take the stairs.
Police!
Back in your room!
No luggage.
Nothing.
Empty.
Scorched earth tactic.
Burn and destroy everything
that can be used by the enemy.
He knew too much.
Here you are!
What the hell?
Do you know what time it is?
I"m sorry, sweet pea.
I'm sorry.
Do you have to be a policeman?
Are you going to sit there
for the rest of the day, or what?
We're really sorry about this.
It wasn't Martinsson's fault.
No, I know.
It was my fault.
Pontus sends his regards.
His condition is stable.
He was hit in the neck,
but his artery was spared.
And he was wearing his vest,
which saved his life...
...and from now on I want everyone
wearing a vest, at all times.
You too, Katarina.
And no one is to do anything without first
getting approval from either Katarina or me.
Is that clear? Good.
These two people have been shot.
One of them has been identified...
...as the guy who handed over
the flowers at the hospital...
...in reception...
...and there's a theory that it could've been
these two who rigged up the car bomb.
Two fiascoes, in other words.
Both executed.
The same fate met this man...
...who is called Richard Metz...
...and was Yuri's defense attorney.
We found him in a hotel room,
strangled, no wallet, no ID.
Katarina, have you managed to get
in touch with the Russian authorities?
Yes, I have.
Leb Munchin.
He's considered one of the main men
in a branch of the Russian mafia...
...and Yuri Rina,
who's in custody, is Leb's son.
Leb has no criminal record.
In Russia, he's known by the nickname
prividenie, “The Phantom”.
He's a devout Russian orthodox...
...and has devoted a lot of time to the church,
via front men buying up icons from the West...
...that he's donated
to the church in his home village.
- How touching!
-Isn't it?
He's also believed to be behind
at least thirty or so murders...
...and is wanted by Interpol.
As you know, Yuri, his son,
is in custody for the murder...
...of the conductor that Irina was living with.
And that might explain why
they're putting so many resources...
...into freeing him.
Does what's his name, Leb,
have an address here in Sweden?
No, not that I know...
...but he's also believed to control...
...all trade with amphetamines
and other chemical narcotics in Scandinavia...
...and he's thought to have one
of his bases somewhere near Malmo.
The trial is set to start in a week...
...and if Irina doesn't testify,
Yuri will walk free.
But what I want to know...
...is why a man who's done nothing in his life
other than conduct symphony orchestras...
...gets bumped off by the mafia.
And not by any old thug
but by the son of their main man?
Yes, the new ones have arrived.
No, they're not here anymore.
Because they were no good.
- Where are you going?
- I've just got to run into work.
- What, again?
- You'll be all right, won't you?
Yeah. After all, I've got Bonken.
OK. Sleep tight.
- Good night.
- Good night. Sweet dreams.
- Who are you?
-'m a policeman.
We've already spoken to each other.
I was at your concert.
I was there before the bomb went off.
'M sorry. I don't remember.
I've spoken to the doctor...
...and he says that your hands will be fine.
The cello too.
I've spoken to Joseph,
and it can be repaired.
You've spoken to Joseph?
But let's not talk now.
You need to rest.
But I'd like to ask you to think
about what happened to Michail.
If you've got any idea
why he got murdered...
...it would be of great help
to our investigation.
And you were someone who knew him well.
No.
Don't talk now.
I'll be back tomorrow.
Good-bye.
Is there anything you want me
to bring tomorrow?
- Music?
No music.
Yes.
Hi. Guaranteed poison-free flowers.
- Sorry, Pontus.
- It's OK.
I was wondering if you could sign this.
It's a damage report for the car.
You know, for the insurance.
There was quite a bit of damage.
- God, it's heavy.
- Yes, it does weigh quite a bit.
But it'll do wonders for your posture.
Jens!
OK, OK.
Listen, thanks a lot.
I think that'll be all for today.
- OK.
- Thanks a lot for the help.
- It was nothing. Good night.
- Good night. Bye.
- Where's Kurt?
- Don't know.
I just thought
we"d work together for a while.
Yes. Right, I have to get back to the kids.
I meant me and Kurt Wallinder.
- Wallander.
- OK. Wallander.
Well, well, well.
Even at the best police stations...
None for me, thanks.
There are only two things I regret in life.
One, that I didn't buy shares
in SE Bank in'92.
And two, that I ended things
between the two of us.
Just second place?
Anyway, it was actually me
who dumped you.
After I found out that you were
running around with at least three others!
Was that really the case?
I can't remember.
I just remember you.
Shit, do you remember
when we were going to go to Mongolia?
Yeah, I sat waiting at Arlanda
for you for three hours.
- You never turned up.
- No.
- Yes!
- Is that true?
Excuse me.
- Hi, Kurt!
- Sorry to disturb you.
Could you come
and look at something?
Irina herself has said that
she had no dealings with criminals.
Yuri she just “recognized”...
...but she'd met Yuri
and his father, Leb, earlier.
The mafia likes to rub shoulders
with promising Russian artists...
...like Michail and Irina.
And I think they gave her this.
- A cello case?
- Yes.
It might not look much right now,
but it's valued at 100,000.
Customized.
What I think is this...
I don't know, but Leb Munchin's
livelihood is narcotics...
...amphetamines, ecstasy...
...and all the other kind of shit that they make...
...in those abandoned chemical plants
in the former Eastern Bloc...
...where Michail, Irina and Alex
were frequent visitors.
See?
Three cubic decimeters of empty space.
But as you say, “empty”.
What do you expect?
Can't this just be part of the construction?
Yes, but normally there's a cello
in here valued at a million.
This would be avery good place
to smuggle drugs in...
...wouldn't you agree?
And what customs officer
would want to start pulling this apart?
So you think that Irina was a runner?
Or Michail.
For me, it's still just
three cubic decimeters of air.
But before we get to the bottom of this...
...we must know why Michail was murdered.
If you've got a better idea,
be my guest.
We have the killer.
We have the witness.
That's all we need.
And as far as 'm concerned,
there's no “bottom”...
.just an endless, black hole.
Pontus was three millimeters
from losing his life today.
Irina has survived two murder attempts.
Who else might need extra
protection, do you think?
The three of us in this room, I'd say.
But where are you going to move her?
We can't say, for security reasons.
But you'll have to have someone
from here with you.
You'll have to give us her medication
or a course on how to look after her.
And if something happens to her?
She's going to be testifying
in a murder trial.
- We're afraid that they'll try again.
- OK.
Call me if you need help.
Whenever.
- Thank you.
- Good luck.
I can walk by myself.
The doctor says that you're not to.
So, take it easy now.
You stay seated here, at least for tonight.
As if nothing's happened. Bye.
No, I'm staying at home. Yes.
But, look, why don't you
put her up at the station?
Or even in one of the cells?
You know, the fewer who know,
the safer she'll be.
At places like that,
even cleaners can pose a security risk.
We're dealing with people who can buy
or threaten their way to anything.
- See you tomorrow, then.
- See you tomorrow.
They're moving her.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- I'm feeding Bonken.
- I see.
- Oh, that's pretty crumbly!
- He likes biscuits.
Ella, come on.
We've got to get you to school.
- Kurt's still here.
- OK.
- Are you OK?
- Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.
What the hell are you saying?
Yes. OK, I'll be there.
I'm on my way. Good. Bye.
Damn it.
And you wait for me after school
in the staff room until I come back, OK?
Not again! How much longer
are we going to have to do this?
I don't know.
Lay it on the towel there.
Can you move it?
Yes, but it feels tight.
The first time I met you,
in the parking lot after the concert...
...spoke to you in English.
I just assumed that...
Well...
How long have you lived in Sweden?
I came here with my mother
when I was three.
She played viola and had gotten a job
with the royal opera orchestra.
- She must be very proud of you.
- Yes.
She used to say that we were
in the service of the great masters.
She'd have been livid
if I canceled concerts...
...just because of those cowardly
bastards who shot Mischa.
Do you remember yesterday
I asked you if you could...
...give some thought to why you think
Michail might have been murdered?
Yes.
Have you had any ideas?
No.
Irina, if all goes well,
you'll be testifying against Yuri Rina.
And you'll be testifying under oath...
...and everything you try to hide
will be used against you.
Michail smuggled drugs
with these people, but I...
I didn't want anything to do with them.
I didn't want to hear about it
or see it either...
...but I knew about it.
Maybe his death
has something to do with that.
I don't know.
He smuggled the drugs in the cello case?
- Yes.
- Which he got from Yuri?
Yes, from Yuri or one of the others.
I don't know.
“One of the others”...
...whom you knew?
No, I didn't know them.
I'd met them.
Look, I'll see to it that someone
comes to take care of you here.
00:58:20,284 --> 00:58:21,513
Hi, Svartman?
Listen, we've moved Irina...
...and I'll send the coordinates to your GPS.
- OK.
- Can you come?
- I've discovered something.
- What did you say?
I checked with Parking Enforcement
on the off chance...
...about where this Russian Leb Munchin's
car had been ticketed.
And it turned out that almost all his fines...
...came from that corner
of Foreningsgatan-Celsiusgatan.
So I called a resident there...
...and he knew that that apartment was sublet.
- Jesus.
- It has to be the one.
Excellent work.
- Get over here right away.
- OK. Yes. Bye.
He's on his way.
Too late.
It's her.
I've met him before.
He was at the concert.
He wanted to listen to her final concert.
Jesus Christ.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Come on in.
I'd rather...
If you'd like to come out here...
- What's up?
- I've got a little question to ask. That's all.
I mean, if someone's an HIV carrier,
you'd have some sort of record, right?
Yes, if it's been confirmed.
I just think it's so strange that it hasn't been
followed up in the preliminary investigation.
I don't know. Maybe they didn't attach
much importance to something like that.
- They should have.
- Well, you sure are.
- OK, the civil registration number?
- This is a Russian citizen residing in Sweden.
- See. The name, then?
- Michail Davydov.
- Could he have been around 38 years old?
- Yes.
Michail Davydov was confirmed HIV positive
at Malmg University Hospital, April 2005.
Could you also check Irina Konsalevska?
Is she also dead and the subject
of a preliminary investigation?
No, she's alive,
but I really need to know.
Please, I'm begging.
Michail discovered he was HIV positive in 2005.
Irina hasn't even tested herself...
...and Yuri had his confirmed
a week before Michail's murder.
Could be a coincidence.
Michail and Yuri
were both apparently drug users.
They knew each other
and did drug deals together.
Irina thought it was a drug deal...
...but the quantities involved
were too small for that to be credible.
Personal revenge, in other words.
Yuri shot Michail
because he'd infected him with HIV.
Were they needle buddies?
Yes, they were trading chemical narcotics.
You know, amphetamine
and all that can be injected.
You can inject any old shit, in principle...
...if you can dissolve it in a liquid.
So that must be it.
Michail was HIV positive,
had a relationship with Irina...
...and she didn't get tested.
He didn't tell her.
And he smuggled drugs
for his own consumption in Irina's cello case.
A mother-in-law's dream.
Excuse me.
Jens here.
Shit, I've got to see the doctor. I don't
have a clue what I"m going to say to Irina.
I'll be right over.
Good.
Yuri's opened his mouth,
and he's prepared to talk...
...to a police officer.
OK, I'll be there as soon as I can.
And Jens, try to be that nice cop now.
It's not a problem, is it?
No extradition claim has been made.
Come in.
- I'd like a few words with Irina in private.
- Of course.
And you know you're not supposed
to be sitting in here?
It was only for a minute or two.
Did you know that Michail was HIV positive?
- What?
- That he was a carrier of HIV?
No.
- No, he didn't have HIV.
- Yes, he did.
He had it confirmed three years ago,
but that was before you met.
- He would have said something if...
- Yes, but he didn't.
But he should have.
A few questions about Michail.
Drugs.
- Did he inject?
- No.
Sure?
Michail wasn't a junkie.
He was scared to death of needles.
He couldn't even...
Do you know how sexually active he was?
Do you know if he'd been together
with another man?
You mean if he was bisexual?
Yes.
Yes. He'd had affairs with men before.
With Yuri Rina, who shot him?
What?
Do you know if Yuri was homosexual or bisexual?
Yuri?
We've confirmed that Yuri is also HIV positive,
so we can't rule out a link.
In his circles, they kill homosexuals.
They don't exist.
It can't be ruled out.
You find them everywhere, don't you?
Sure, but I've never heard of it.
I've spoken to a doctor...
...and you can go and have a blood test.
Yes, hello?
Hi.
Yes, good.
Jens, for Christ's sake!
Michail had unprotected sex,
despite knowing he was HIV positive.
That's why he was killed.
It was a revenge killing
or a crime of passion.
And I think that Yuri and Michail
were having an affair...
...and Yuri is scared of being freed
because he knows he'll pay for it with his life.
- His own father would do that?
- I find that damn hard to believe.
I think it all connects damn well.
Leb does what he can to get his son freed...
...either for the pleasure of killing him,
or as an act of fatherly love.
The one we should really
get hold of is Leb Munchin.
These stakeout photos you took.
Take a look at this.
There you see Yuri and...
Who's that man?
Leb Munchin.
Where did you say that church was?
You can wait here.
Kurt Wallander, Ystad police.
Id like to ask you a few questions.
Really?
Is there something going on between you two?
No.
- But there has been, right?
- No.
Come on. Don't lie to me.
Why do you think that?
It's just a little radar that I have.
A little radar that you have?
It's never occurred to you that someone
could be interested in someone...
...without doing anything about it?
“Interested”?
I knew it.
So, your vow of silence.
It stands above all else?
Even human lives?
It's not me who decides
if I can take the liberty to break it.
You're just some kind
of middle manager. I see.
The house of God is a sanctuary...
...a sanctuary for the soul...
...even for those who have chosen to defy him.
Yes.
But did you do PE too?
Were you?
Good.
But don't forget to take your towel
out of your gym bag...
...when you get home
and hang it over the towel rail, OK?
Do it right away.
Otherwise it starts to smell.
Yes.
No, I can't help you
with your homework tonight, baby.
Daddy has to work, sweetheart.
OK, say the number, and I'll see...
“Intermediary”?
What's that?
Yes, right.
These are beautiful.
Yes.
- Valuable?
- Not particularly.
Not the ones we have out here.
Where do they come from?
Yes, well...
They're mostly gifts from the parish.
Smuggled in?
I wouldn't know anything about that.
Thank you.
So if this man had never set foot
in the church...
...if you hadn't the faintest idea who he was...
...you'd have been able to tell me, right?
Your god would have allowed it?
Yes.
Thank you.
He knows him. It's obvious.
Maybe it was Leb Munchin
who donated the icons...
...and was given sanctuary here in the church.
Why would he stay here
in Sweden in hiding?
Because Yuri's still here.
Leb Munchin is old, around 70.
His career is over.
And if Yuri ends up behind bars,
maybe he'll never see him again.
At least not as a free man.
Maybe it's nothing to do with paternal love.
I mean, your theory is mostly based on the fact
you saw a photo of Yuri in Leb's wallet.
Yes.
Won't that do?
Ella! What are you doing here? Weren't you
supposed to be staying over at a friend's?
Yes, but...
Does your dad know you're here?
No, but I've only come to get Bonken.
- Bonken?
- Yes.
Can't he stay here with me?
No, he's not used to sleeping
without me. He'll get lonely.
All right, come and get him,
but be quick.
Hurry up, and come back up here right now.
Hi, Bonken!
Come to mommy.
Call me the moment he comes.
Two eyes on the church,
the other two over your shoulder.
No one leaves the other,
not even to go get a hot dog.
- Understood?
- OK.
- Good. Bye.
- Bye.
- Hi, sweet pea. Hi.
- Dad.
- Where are you going, Jens?
- The bastards have got Ella!
They're on the boat.
They've got Ella!
- Come on. Let's go.
- Jesus Christ!
Go and check out what the fuck
is going on in the machine room.
How's it going?
Come here.
The safety catch is off.
Hang on.
Have you got a license for that?
Come on. What the hell
does that matter now?
It matters one hell of a lot if she fires it.
A prosecutor...
- Have you handled one of those before?
- No.
Hold it firmly with both hands
and count on missing.
Shit!
- No, Jens!
- Jesus Christ, Kurt!
Ella!
- Hi. Are you all right?
-l...1 shot him.
OK, look. Go inside, over there.
Johan...
Damn it.
There, there. Easy now.
It's OK. Come here.
- There are two of them.
- The machine room...
There's one in the machine room.
Can you help him get all that off him?
Don't move!
I said, don't move!
I'll be damned. I fired.
Irina won't be playing...
...at your funeral, Leb.
What did he say?
“Irina won't be playing
at your funeral, Leb.”
See that?
A phantom.
- Kurt speaking.
- Hi. Yes, he's here.
Stay there.
I'm on my way.
I know he's here.
I want to talk to him in private.
Come in.
- Thank you.
- Thank you.
- Fantastic, as usual.
- Thanks very much.
- From us at the station.
- They're lovely.
And then I've got this
that the doctor asked me to give you.
- It's the results of your test.
- I see.
- Would you like me to stay or go?
- Stay, please.
Thank God!
Thanks so much for everything.
The sentences were passed this morning.
Yuri got ten years and Leb got fifteen.
Thank you so much!
No problem.
I should be thanking you.
- See you around.
- Sure. Bye.
Exit Irina.
Will you see each other again,
do you think?
Who knows?
But at least I have her records.
I peeked at you while she was playing.
She made you smile.
- What do you mean by that?
- Nothing.
A bit jealous, maybe.
The others were talking
about going for a drink.
Care to join us?
Yes.
.