A retiring detective's last case: one dead refugee, zero suspects, six episodes of Icelandic gloom.
4.544 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestJust as Hulda discovers who killed Katja and kidnapped Elena, she finds herself trapped with the killer, forced to make a decision when she realizes that her captor and killer may never be caught.
Special investigator DI Hulda Hermannsdóttir tackles one last cold case before forced into early retirement. This one relates the mysterious and shocking murder of a young Russian asylum seeker a year prior.
Acting
Lena Olin's farewell tour as exhausted brilliance.
Direction
Hallström returns to Sweden with zero sentimentality.
Cinematography
Iceland looks gorgeous and actively hostile.
Creator
Lasse Hallström
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hallström hadn't directed Swedish television since his 1970s breakthrough; this marks a deliberate homecoming after three decades of Hollywood prestige pics.
Based on Ragnar Jónasson's 'Hidden Iceland' series, but gender-flipped Hulda and aged her up—deliberately making her invisible to the system she serves.
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