''Crimes of Passion'' is the English collective title for a series of six feature-length crime films released in 2013, based on six of the early novels of the prolific Swedish crime novelist

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(real name Dagmar Lange), written in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The films were co-produced by

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and Swedish commercial broadcaster

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. The first film was released in Swedish cinemas on 8 March 2013, and received indifferent or poor reviews from most Swedish critics. The remaining five were released on DVD in Sweden during the autumn of 2013 and were all made available on TV4's

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service TV4 Play Premium in June 2014. In October and November 2014, the six films were shown on TV4's

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service. On 11 December 2013

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announced that it had bought the British broadcasting rights to ''Crimes of Passion'', with the series premiering on BBC Four on 30 August 2014. The films have been described as ''

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'' meeting '' The Killing''.

Plot

Set mainly in

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in the 1950s, the films follow Puck Ekstedt (

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), her boyfriend (and later husband) Einar Bure (

Linus Wahlgren Linus Carl Henrik Wahlgren (born 10 September 1976) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of actors Christina Schollin and Hans Wahlgren and brother to actors and singers Pernilla and Niclas Wahlgren. He has also appeared in a few episodes of his si ...

), nicknamed Eje, and their friend, police superintendent Christer Wijk (

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), as they solve various crimes.

Main cast

as Puck Ekstedt, a literature student dating and later married to Einar. *

as Einar Bure, called Eje, Puck's boyfriend and later husband, and Christer's best friend. *

as Christer Wijk, a police superintendent living in Stockholm.

Music

The title sequence theme music to the series was written and produced by artists Frid & Frid (aka brothers Karl Frid & Pär Frid), and was sung by Isabella Lundgren. Frid & Frid also contributed most of the other incidental music throughout the six film episodes.

Production

The series was made by Pampas Produktion AB for Swedish television network

. ''Crimes of Passion'' is produced by Reneé Axö and the films are directed by Birger Larsen, Christian Eklöw, Christopher Panov, Molly Hartleb and

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Episode list

References

External links

''Crimes of Passion''
– booklet * /www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UhHzsgplg ''Crimes of Passion''– trailer * *Episode 1: *Episode 2: *Episode 3: *Episode 4: *Episode 5: *Episode 6: {{IMDb episode, 2621118, Tragedy in a Country Churchyard Swedish crime television series BBC television dramas 2013 Swedish television series debuts 2013 Swedish television series endings 2013 British television series debuts 2013 British television series endings Films about fictional Nobel laureates