A lifeboat floats ashore at the coast of Skåne. Inside are two dead men who who've been murdered. Policeman Kurt Wallander is assigned to the case. The men are identified with the help of the police in Latvia. One of their officers travel to Sweden to to help but when he returns to his home country he is mysteriously murdered. Kurt flies to Riga to find out why and is drawn into complex conspiracy.
| Writing | Henning Mankell | Writer |
| Directing | Per Berglund | Director |
| Writing | Lars Björkman | Writer |
| Production | Gertrud Bengtsson | Producer |
| Writing | Henning Mankell | Novel |
| Sound | Thomas Lindahl | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Tony Forsberg | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Lars-Christer Paulsson | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Lars Gudbrand | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Tibor Fonyodi | Sound Engineer |
| Sound | Anders Eklund | Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Monica Hägerström | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tina Johansson | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gunnel Blomberg | Costume Design |
| Art | Patrik Wiberg | Set Decoration |
| Art | Peter Bävman | Production Design |
| Art | Gert Wibe | Production Design |
| Editing | Leif Kristiansson | Editor |
