MARIA WERN

The Maria Wern series consists of 7 feature-length episodes based on the best-selling novels by author Anna Jansson and starring acclaimed swedish actress Eva Röse: 1. THE SPEECHLESS GOD

5. BLACK BUTTERFLY

2. ALL THE TRANQUIL DEAD

6. BOY MISSING

3. DREAMS FROM SNOW

7. NOT EVEN THE PAST

4. MAY DEATH SLEEP

CREDITS NOT CONTRACTUAL

EVA RÖSE

ALLAN SVENSSON

7 X 90 MINUTES

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PETER PERSKI

Based on the best-selling novels by author Anna Jansson

ULF FRIBERG

Who is Maria Wern? After the death of her husband, Police inspector Maria Wern moves to the picturesque Swedish island Gotland with her two children to start over. While struggling with raising two children as a single mother and still mourning her husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s death, Maria manages to sustain her female perspective and approach to life in a harsh and male dominated environment. She constantly encounters rage, death and evil but she stays determined to endure what sometimes feels like an unwinnable battle. The Maria Wern series consists of 7 feature-length episodes based on the best-selling novels by author Anna Jansson and starring acclaimed Swedish actress Eva RĂśse: 1. The Speechless God 2. All the Tranquil Dead 3. Dreams from Snow 4. May Death Sleep

5. Black Butterfly 6. Boy Missing 7. Not Even the Past

Photographer: Thron Ullberg

Anna Jansson, author – high excitement and ethical dilemmas. In a genre full of sudden, wicked death, Anna Jansson manages to keep a discussion about present ethical problems concerning people’s relation to life and death. The main character is Maria Wern, who becomes much more than a police when the reader in book after book is allowed to move deeper and deeper into her private life and feelings. 2005 Anna Jansson’s The Silver Crown (Silverkronan) received an award (Guldpocket) for over 50.000 sold copies. Her book Strange Bird (Främmande fågel) was 2006 nominated to Glasnyckeln (The Glass Key), the price for best Scandinavian crime novel. There are now 10 books about Maria Wern starting with the debut The Speechless God.

THE SPEECHLESS GOD STUM SITTER GUDEN

In the midst of the midsummer celebrations on the island of Gotland, a series of vicious murders take place with occult overtones. A man is found strung up alongside slaughtered animals; another is found sacrificed in his car in the middle of a summer meadow. The holiday paradise is shattered and soon attention falls on an old murder case involving a longdeceased killer that someone is clearly mimicking... And while the investigation leads them ever deeper into a maze of Aesir beliefs and the obsessions of a sick mind, Maria Wern and her colleagues find themselves in a race against time, as they try to catch the murderer before he strikes againâ&#x20AC;Ś Director: Erik Leijonborg Duration: 90 min

ALL THE TRANQUIL DEAD ALLA DE STILLSAMMA DĂ&#x2013;DA

A lawyer on his way home through the sun-drenched Gotland countryside disappears without a trace. An island mink farmer receives a death threat and a sadistic trap is set up on his premises. Two separate events that soon prove to be linked â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and from the moment that the first dead body is discovered, it becomes clear that it is just the beginning of something much bigger. Ignoring the protests of her colleagues, Maria Wern allows herself to become deeply involved, professionally as well as personally, in the investigation. But all is not as it seems, and soon Maria finds herself in greater danger than she realised... Director: Erik Leijonborg Duration: 90 min

DREAMS FROM SNOW DRÖMMAR UR SNÖ

It’s Christmas on Gotland when the island is suddenly struck by an unspeakable tragedy — a high-school girl is found dead in the middle of a country road wearing a white Lucia gown. What at first appears to be an incomprehensible suicide soon proves to be something far more sinister, when behind the innocent facade it turns out that a group of girls at the local high school is harbouring dark secrets... Together with her colleagues of the Gotland Police Department, Maria Wern digs ever deeper into the conflicts at the girl’s high school — and when the police discover veiled threats on the Internet, there is a growing fear that this girl’s death will not be the last. Director: Erik Leijonborg Duration: 90 min

MAY DEATH SLEEP MÅ DÖDEN SOVA

Two women, seemingly unconnected to each other, die in apparent suicides. But the strange circumstances cause Maria Wern and her colleagues at the Gotland Police Department to dig deeper, and soon the questions multiply. Was someone stalking the women? Is there reason to believe that they were suffering from some kind of psychosis? And is there a common denominator after all...? The investigation takes an unexpected turn when the police discover even more dead bodies — and soon Maria’s colleagues Ek and Erika are forced far further into the centre of events than they had counted on... Director: Erik Leijonborg Duration: 90 min

BLACK BUTTERFLY SVART FJÄRIL

The charred body of a medium is found in the gutted remains of her office after a fire. And it soon turns out that she was murdered —suffocated with a plastic bag and doused in kerosene, the woman was left to die in the flames. When another two murders take place in the same manner, it becomes clear to the Gotland police that they have a serial killer on their hands - but without having the slightest idea what the victims had in common, or who the next one might be. Maria Wern is forced to lead an investigation where neither the motive nor the victims seem to be connected — at the same time that her colleague Arvidsson’s loyalty is forcibly put to the test... Director: Charlotte Berlin and Leif Lindblom Duration: 90 min

BOY MISSING POJKE FĂ&#x2013;RSVUNNEN

A ten-year-old boy disappears from a dinner in a little fishing village, while another vanishes from a refugee camp on the island. These are but the first in series of frightening events to take place on the island of Gotland, where a string of brutal murders are committed in quick succession. And what starts out as the search for a missing child, leads Maria Wern and her colleagues ever deeper into a nest of hidden agendas, personal betrayals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and links to international crime. For hidden beneath this little fishing paradise, lie secrets that prove more dangerous than anyone could have imagined... Director: Charlotte Berlin and Leif Lindblom Duration: 90 min

NOT EVEN THE PAST INTE ENS DET FÖRFLUTNA

When Maria Wern of the Gotland Police Department receives anonymous death threats, she and her colleagues begin a frantic search to track down the source. Following a violent assassination attempt, however, she is ordered off the island for her own protection. Together with a group of old girlfriends from school, she secretly heads off to the pristine nature reserve of Stora Karlsö Island. But while Maria’s colleagues on Gotland do their best to find the culprit, it becomes increasingly clear that the murderer may have followed her out on her wilderness getaway. And instead of being safely hidden away, the seven women are hovering in mortal danger... Director: Erik Leijonborg Duration: 90 min

Production Facts MAIN CAST:

CREW:

Eva Röse

Editor: Sebastian Amundsen (ep. 1,2,5,7) and

Allan Svensson

Hélène Berlin (ep. 3,4,6)

Peter Perski

Director of Photography: Carl Persson, FSF

Ulf Friberg

Art Director: Lars Strömsten (ep. 1-2), Pia Wallin (ep. 3-4)

FACTS: Based on:

the best-selling novels by author Anna Jansson

Genre:

Crime Series

Country of Origin: Sweden Production Year: 2010-2011

and Inca Leijonborg (ep. 5-7)

Senior Art Director: Inca Leijonborg (ep. 3-4) Composer: Magnus Strömberg, Apparat studios Make-up: Jenny Fred (ep. 1-2) and Nina Spjut (ep. 3-7) Costume: Cilla Rörby (ep. 1-2) and Annika Gaimer (ep. 3-7) Script: Anna Fredriksson (ep. 1), Fredrik T Olsson (ep. 2),

First Release:

November 2010

Format:

16:9, HD 1920 x 1080 25P

Sound:

2ch Stereo, 5.1

Duration:

7x90 min

Executive Producers: Erika Edman, Tobias Bringholm, Åsa Sjöberg,

Delivery date:

Approx. July 2011

Niva Westlin Dahl (all ep.), Bo Rehnberg (ep. 1-2)

International Distribution:

AB Svensk Filmindustri

Fredrik T Olsson and Anders Brundin (ep. 3), Erik Ahrnbom (ep. 4), Alexander Söderberg (ep. 5), Therese Bringholm (ep. 6), Erik Ahrnbom and Fredrik T Olsson (ep. 7)

and Josefin Tengblad (ep. 3-7) Producer: Birgitta Wännström, Martin Söder (Creative Producer) Production Company: Eyeworks Drama Sound: Magnus Bergentz (ep. 1-2) and Lasse Liljeholm (ep. 3-7) Director: Erik Leijonborg (ep. 1-4,7), Charlotte Berlin and Leif Lindblom (ep. 5-6)