BBC films a Swedish detective in Latvia

photo (c) BBC

The third BBC series of the popular, Swedish detective series, WALLANDER, was originally published in the early 1990s by author, Henning Mankell.  The series includes as its second episode, “Dogs of Riga.”  It’s supported by the Riga Film Institute, and stars Kenneth Branagh and the beautiful Russian actress, Ingeborga Dapkunaite.  “Dogs of Riga” makes use of Riga, Latvia’s Central Market as well as actual Riga police cars with their markings changed to fit the film.  Filmed in 2011, it was released through NPR tv stations in the US in September 2012.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSalPGWZq3k