The African

Summary

The national election is approaching, and the Ystad town square is plastered with election posters with local labour party candidate Kenneth Nillson, a politician fighting the fear of immigrants as his electoral focal point. He sees it as his duty to clean Skane's reputation as being racist. At the same time a train rolls into the train station in Gdansk, Poland. On the train the police find a African male with most of his face shoot away. As the man was murdered in Ystad, the starting point of the train journey this becomes a case for Kurt Wallander and the Ystad police. For Kurt Wallander the case takes an unexpected turn as the murder weapon has ties to a childhood friend.

Guest stars

• Douglas Johansson as Jan Martinsson
• Tomas Bolme as Kenneth Nilsson
• Lena Strömdahl as Maj Nilsson
• Göran Thorell as Arvid
• Nicklas Gustavsson as Lasse
• Sannamari Patjas as Mia
• Shebly Niavarani as Farzan Keyhan
• Khalid Geire as Diao
• Birte Heribertson as Eva
• Petra van de Voort as Lisa