To Cook a Bear
Seen it?2025 | 1 seasons | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a small audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Strike or Under the Banner of Heaven, start here.
- The mood
- Tense, dark and gritty.
- The pace
- One season: easy to finish in a weekend or two, episodes of about 49 minutes, about 5 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Swedish, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
In Northern Sweden, 1852, a new pastor and his family arrive in Kengis, a village riddled with disorder.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Limited series that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 62K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Created by Jesper Harrie
- Gustaf SkarsgårdThe Priest
- Jaakko OhtonenRoope
- Pernilla AugustMadam Sjödahl
- Magnus KrepperBrahe
- Ane Dahl TorpBrita Kajsa
- Jonas KarlssonLindmark
- Gusten WickbergLorens
- Tyra WingrenMaria
- Tobias ZilliacusMatti Aho
- Anton SehlstedtMichelsson