Australia's SBS Television will be bringing Henning Mankell's Kurt Wallander to small screens later this week. The 2001 film Sidetracked (Villospår) will be shown in 3 parts on on SBS beginning on Thursday, 22 February. The film is to be shown in widescreen format with its original Swedish dialog and English subtitles.

Sidetracked was the 4th Wallander novel turned into a film and continues with Rolf Lassgård playing the main role of Kurt Wallander. The cast is rounded out by many of the actors who would become series regulars, including Christer Fant as Svedberg, Lars Melin as Martinsson, Jenny Rudell as Linda, Klas-Gösta Olsson as Nyberg and Kerstin Andersson as Lisa Holgersson. However, this film is unique in the Wallander series as it is the only one to include the character Ann-Britt Höglund (played by actress Siw Erixon).

The SBS Television web site indicates the film will be shown in three parts:

It's not clear at this time when the remaining two parts will be shown.

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