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| The Valhalla Murders | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Brot |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | Iceland |
| Original languages |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Production locations | |
| Running time | 50 minutes (approx.) |
| Release | |
| Original network | RÚV (Iceland) BBC Four (UK) |
| Picture format | 16:9 (1080i) |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 26 December 2019 – 1 March 2020 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Valhalla Murders (Icelandic: Brot, literally 'violation') is an eight-episode police procedural television series produced in Iceland, originally airing there in 2019, then released worldwide in 2020 on Netflix and airing for free on BBC Four in the UK.
This is the second Icelandic series to be featured on Netflix, Trapped (Ófærð) being the first one. It is based, with the usual artistic license taken, on a real-life incident. As described in an article on the website MEAWW, 'In the late 1940s, an almost similar event took place in remote Iceland. A state-run institution ... housed troubled, young boys, aged between seven and 14, where they were beaten and abused by the staff. Although in reality there was no murder, per se, as shown in the series, it caused quite a noise and the boys were eventually compensated in monetary terms.'[1]
Cast[edit]
- Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir as Kata
- Björn Thors (is and fr) as Arnar
- Sigurður Skúlason as Magnus
- Bergur Ebbi Benediktsson as Erlingur
- Tinna Hrafnsdóttir as Helga
- Edda Björgvinsdóttir as Svava
- Arndís Hrönn Egilsdóttir as Hugrún
- Anna Gunndís Guðmundsdóttir as Selma
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | 'Never Before Seen' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd and Mikael Torfason | December 26, 2019 | |
| Þór Ingimarsson is stabbed to death at Reykjavik Harbour. Veteran police detective Kata is dispatched to investigate, greeting her reporter friend Selma as she arrives at the scene. Þor's paramour Íris is arrested as the initial suspect, but the coroner concludes that the stabbing could not have been performed by a woman. Íris says that a masked man was following them all through that night, which is confirmed by surveillance cameras. Later, another man, Ómar Karlsson, is murdered. Both victims have identical stab wounds on their eyes. Police Commissioner Magnús intends to conceal the connection from the public, but Selma reveals the information at a press conference. The police decide to hire an investigator from abroad. | |||||
| 2 | 'The Return' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd and Mikael Torfason | January 2, 2020 | |
| The foreign investigator is Arnar Böðvarsson, an Icelandic expatriate living in Oslo, Norway. Arnar notes that the victims must have known the killer, because there are no defence wounds. An envelope is found in Ómar's safe, containing a photograph of Thor, Ómar, an unknown woman, and a group of teenage boys. Ómar's son Ragnar recognizes the photograph as of the staff and residents of Valhalla, a boys' home near Borgarnes, and identifies the woman as Brynja Þorsteinsdóttir. Hákon Jensen, the Borgarnes police chief, visits Brynja's home and discovers she is missing. Kata searches Valhalla and finds Brynja's body, with identical eye wounds to the other victims. | |||||
| 3 | 'Valhalla' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd and Mikael Torfason | January 9, 2020 | |
| A child at a farm near Valhalla describes a car that passed by on the day of the murder. Kata retrieves a report on all the boys' homes in the country, including Valhalla, from the Ministry of Justice's archives. Pétur Alfreðsson, the state prosecutor who compiled the report, is interviewed about it but doubts that Valhalla is the connection. Arnar finds another copy of the photograph, mailed to Þór shortly before his death. The police begin working to track down all the boys who lived in Valhalla. Kata meets one of them, Vidar Jonsson, who tells of terrible abuses at Valhalla that were not recorded in the report. Vidar mentions that one boy in the photo, Tommi, disappeared. Arnar meets another, Benedikt, who says there was another staff member at Valhalla — Gummi, who took the photograph. | |||||
| 4 | 'Scars' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd and Mikael Torfason | January 16, 2020 | |
| The police track down Gummi, but arrive at his home moments too late to prevent his murder. Selma records a television interview with Vidar and Benedikt, in which Vidar recounts how each week at Valhalla one boy was taken to a dark room and raped, and displays a hook-shaped scar on his arm given to all the boys as a brand. Andrés Hauksson, a prison inmate and former Valhalla resident, claims to know who the killer is: Steinþór Jónsson, a 'psychopath' and bully at Valhalla. Andres doubts that Tommi, the boy who disappeared, simply ran away in the middle of a blizzard. Tommi's parents Dagný and Kristján come to the police station and provide one of his teeth. | |||||
| 5 | 'In Plain Sight' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd, Mikael Torfason, and Ottó Geir Borg | January 23, 2020 | |
| Steinþór's fingerprints match those on Þór's photograph, and surveillance footage at a mall shows him arguing with Þór. Armed police raid his last known residence, a halfway house, but he is absent. The DNA from Tommi's tooth matches that of a 30-year-old skeleton found near Valhalla; suspicion naturally falls on Steinþór. Kata locates a car matching the child's description, in a garage containing a wall covered in photographs and information on the victims. Arnar tracks Steinþór to an abandoned power plant — where he finds Steinþór badly wounded at the hands of an inconsolable Kristján, who confesses to the murders. Kata arrives at the plant soon after; Kristján ambushes her and kills himself with her pistol. | |||||
| 6 | 'Hidden Place' | Þóra Hilmarsdóttir | Óttar M. Norðfjörd, Mikael Torfason, and Ottó Geir Borg | January 30, 2020 | |
| Kata is placed on leave for allowing the perpetrator to gain control of her gun. Arnar questions Steinþór in the hospital; he denies involvement in Tommi's murder, saying that Tommi attempted to assassinate the boys' rapist and must have been killed for it. The police celebrate quickly solving the case, but Arnar notes that Gummi's murder is different from the others — his eyes were not slashed and the shoe prints found at the scene do not match those found at Ómar's house. Selma tells him that Gummi had planned to bring her several photographs. Nevertheless, Magnús moves to close the case and send Arnar back to Norway. Hákon rewatches the interview with Vidar and uses his descriptions to locate the secret room in Valhalla where the rapes took place. He telephones Kata directly, who agrees to help despite no longer having police powers; they scan the room and, finding dried blood, conclude Tommi was murdered there. Further research uncovers that the report on Valhalla was written by Magnús. | |||||
| 7 | 'Crossroads' | Þóra Hilmarsdóttir | Óttar M. Norðfjörd, Mikael Torfason, and Ottó Geir Borg | February 6, 2020 | |
| Hákon and Kata retrieve a box of old photographs of Valhalla, one of which shows Magnús on scene as a police officer in the investigation into Tommi's disappearance. Furthermore, the handwriting in the report matches the handwriting on a note from Magnús. Hákon and Kata request an investigation into why Magnús did not disclose his involvement with Valhalla, but the request is summarily denied and agents are sent to Borgarnes to seize the documents. Arnar requests that Gummi's death be further investigated, then discovers Magnús did not communicate his request to the department at large. He visits Magnús' wife and is revealed to be their foster child. Selma interviews Magnús live, ostensibly about solving the case, but presents him with copies of the documents and questions him sharply. Magnús walks out of the interview, stunned. | |||||
| 8 | 'Monster in the Dark' | Þorður Pálsson | Óttar M. Norðfjörd, Mikael Torfason, and Ottó Geir Borg | March 1, 2020 | |
| Kata goes directly to Pétur to request the investigation into Magnús. Pétur is the mastermind and rapist behind the Valhalla crimes, with Magnús as his non-participating accomplice bribed to keep quiet. He drugs Kata's drink and hides her, though she manages to stash her phone away. Magnús, having had second thoughts, visits Pétur and finds the unconscious Kata; Pétur beats him with a wrench. Arnar deduces Pétur's guilt and, finding that Kata is missing, goes to Pétur's house to search for her. His fears are confirmed when he sees her phone ring inside, and Magnús tells him she was taken away in a boat. Arnar informs the police and rushes to the nearest marina. In the ensuing confrontation, Arnar is stabbed several times but tackles Pétur into the water; Kata dives in and rescues Arnar. From the hospital, Kata hears that Magnús is being held for questioning and that Pétur is missing. She looks at the scar on her arm Pétur gave her, identical to those of the Valhalla boys. | |||||
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^''The Valhalla Murders' Season 1: Real-life story that inspired the Icelandic murder mystery'. meaww.com. Retrieved 2020-04-11.
External links[edit]
- The Valhalla Murders at IMDb
- The Valhalla Murders at Rotten Tomatoes
Netflix makes a powerful debut in Iceland with ‘The Valhalla Murders‘, a gripping whodunit that centers around the country’s first serial killings. The series is the brainchild of Thordur Palsson, and was inspired by a real-life case that took place decades ago. It is co-written by Margrét Örnólfsdóttir, Otto Geir Borg, Mikael Torfason, along with crime author, Óttar M. Norðfjörð. ‘The Valhalla Murders’ shines in its subtlety and smartness, as it throws its audience in different directions with each episode. The series, then, smoothly ties up all these twists with the big reveal in the finale. SPOILERS ALERT!
The Valhalla Murders Plot
The series follows officer Kata who is in charge of a gruesome murder that place at Rekjavik’s harbor. The victim is an old man who brutally stabbed and has his eyes cut-off. This is followed by a similar murder of another old man. Soon Kata realizes that there might just be Iceland’s first serial killer on the loose. She is then paired up with police profiler, Arnar, who is sent from Oslo to assist in the case.
The duo digs deeper as more murders take place, all of which connect the victims to Valhalla, a state-run institution for boys that has a horrifying past. It turns out that the murder victims were all staff-members at the institution, who abused the boys who lived there. Further investigation ties the current killings to a 30-year-old cold case of a young boy’s death. The survivors of the abuse reveal regularly being raped by an unknown man.
Eventually, the serial killer is revealed to be the father of the young boy. But when Arnar and Kata learn about odd inconsistencies in one of the murders, they reopen the case. This takes them on a dangerous path filled with terrifying revelations all of which point towards men they know and trust. The ending then reveals the whole truth behind Valhalla, and the actual monster in the dark.
Valhalla in Norse Mythology
‘The Valhalla Murders’ respects its audience’s intelligence with its own as it hints at, and foreshadows, certain crucial twists through elements from Norse mythology. The origin of the word “Valhalla” makes this clear. In Old Norse, Valhalla refers to the “hall of the fallen” where the Norse god, Odin, housed the dead, particularly those who were slaughtered in battle.
Odin was the god of war, battle, and death, and Valhalla was a glorious hall where noble dead warriors resided. This, in a way, connects to the state-run institution for the boys who were dealing with past trauma, for whom Valhalla was meant to be a safe home. But it is also important to note that Odin housed the warriors to fulfill his selfish purpose. Interestingly, despite being the chief of God, Odin is controversial figure in Norse mythology, due to his selfishness, and even considered evil.
It may be far-stretched, but Petur in ‘The Valhalla Murders’ becomes an Odin-like figure due to his power and intentions. It is also revealed that Petur was the one who owned Valhalla, and had complete control over it. He housed the young boys to sexually abuse them, and eventually killed Tommi.
Interestingly, in Norse mythology, Odin is also Thor’s father. This could, in a way, connect to the role Thor plays in the series. Odin was also the one behind the notorious “Wild Hunt” where it is believed he assumed dark and dreadful powers, and hunted humans…which sounds similar to serial killings, doesn’t it?
Valkyrie and Fannar’s Death
“Valhalla” comes from the word “Valr” which has cognates in other Germanic languages where it means slaughter, blood bath, and even murder. This, of course, connects Valhalla to being the slaughterhouse that Kata says it is. Interestingly the word “Valr” is also related to Valkyrie. If the name sounds familiar, it because it is the name of the game Fannar plays in the series.
Interestingly in Norse Mythology, Valkyries were “the choosers of the slain”. They were considered to be the female spirits of carnage – which again connects to the serial killings. Valkyries were the ones who decided who went to Valhalla. But they also chose who died in the war by using malicious magic. This becomes relevant when we look at the video-game played by Fannar, who is also a victim of sexual child abuse.
In Arnar’s last interaction with Fannar, Arnar asks him how he is doing in Valkyrie. To this, Fannar responds by saying, “Bad, I keep dying” which foreshadows his suicide in the next episode. While some of the theories I mentioned may be far-fetched, there is undoubtedly a connection between Valhalla and Valkyrie which becomes more apparent than ever with Fannar’s death.
Ending: The Truth Behind Valhalla
‘The Valhalla Murders’ is a clever whodunit that steadily weaves a complex web, throwing you in different directions, only to eventually tightly tie all the loose ends. After the Valhalla case is wrapped up, Arnar learns about inconsistencies in Gummi’s murder after Hugrun points out some strange details. He and Kata then decide to reopen the case. Another officer, Hakon, from Borgarnes, finds out a hidden room in Valhalla and contacts Kata.
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When Hakon and Kata investigate inside the room, they realize that it is the site of Tommi’s murder. The unknown man who raped the young boys also killed Tommi. After talking to a witness from a nearby farm, the two realize issues with the 30-year-old police report. On tracking down the officer who apparently wrote it, they realize that it was Magnus who falsified the report. On further investigation, more evidence seems to point towards Magnus being responsible for Tommi’s disappearance.
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After a failed attempt at getting the authority to investigate Magnus who is the police commissioner, Kata decides to take things into her own hands and leaks the information to Selma. Selma, in turn, confronts Magnus with all the evidence against on a live interview. Arnar, who we learn is Magnus’s foster child, also begins to believe that the police commissioner was responsible for the child abuse in Valhalla.
Arnar realizes that each one of the Valhalla boys had a scar on their arm. When Fannar commits suicide, he sees a similar mark on his arm as well. Digging deeper, he realizes Ragnar too has a similar scar, and decides to meet him. As he talks to Ragnar about a childhood fishing trip and looks at old photographs, Arnar soon realizes that the man who raped all those boys, including Ragnar and Fannar, was Petur, the state attorney. Magnus only helped Petur cover-up Tommi’s disappearance and falsified the report.
Kata, who is unaware of this information, goes to Petur for his help in conducting an investigation on Magnus. Petur, then, drugs Kata, marks her arm with his knife, like he did with all the boys, and holds her hostage inside his boat. Arnar informs the police, and goes looking for Kata at the port. This is followed by a dangerous fight, where Petur almost kills the two. Just when he is about to murder Kata, Arnar pushes him into the sea, falling with him. Kata then jumps in and save Arnar. The two survive, despite their injuries. But the final shot reveals that Petur was never found, and could still be on the run. This sets up the finale of ‘The Valhalla Murders’ for a second season.
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