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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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Swedish thriller based on Stieg Larsson's novel about a male journalist and a young female hacker. In the opening of the movie, Mikael Blomkvist, a middle-aged publisher for the magazine Millennium, loses a libel case brought by corrupt Swedish industrialist Hans-Erik Wennerström. Nevertheless, he is hired by Henrik Vanger in order to solve a cold case, the disappearance of Vanger's niece

Status: Released

Released Date: 2009-02-27

Runtime: 152 mins

Director: Niels Arden Oplev

Spoken language: svenska, English

Genres: Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Original title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Production Companies: Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film Denmark, ZDF, Yellow Bird, Film Capital Stockholm, Spiltan Underhållning, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Svenska Filminstitutet, SVT, Film i Väst

Production Countries: Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden

Cast

Michael Nyqvist

Noomi Rapace

Lena Endre

Sven-Bertil Taube

Peter Haber

Peter Andersson

Marika Lagercrantz

Ingvar Hirdwall

Björn Granath

Ewa Fröling

Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Annika Giannini

Annika Hallin

Malin Erikson

Sofia Ledarp

Plague

Tomas Köhler

The Millennium Collection

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Reviews

Dr_Nostromo

82/100 A reporter's social disgrace for libel, rape and revenge, the investigation of serial killings going back to the 40's, all centered around a girl's disappearance in 1966. Made in Sweden two years earlier than the U.S. version, this is the first in the Lisbeth trilogy ...the other 2 films made at the same time and coming out later in 2009. Both versions place their story emphasis on different parts making each a unique take on the same story and outcome. Not as intense and well constructed as the U.S. version (which is well suited as a stand-alone film), this one still manages to hold up quite well as the start of the trilogy and features an excellent performances by Noomi Rapace. -- DrNostromo.com

2025-11-20

narrator56

Oddly, the version of this movie I watched contained both English subtitles and dubbing, and after a while I wished I could turn off the dubbing and go with just the subtitles, so that their mouths would always move at the right times. I watched the U.S. production of this with Daniel Craig many years ago, and I liked it, but I don’t remember it clearly enough to compare the two. My f=general impression, though, is that this original is better. Of course, the Lisbeth character is the real hero here. A rough childhood and beyond have molded her into a tough lady indeed, mentally, physically and emotionally. Oddly enough, she is the only character who seems to show any growth by the end of the film, perhaps partly due to her having so much room to grow emotionally.

2021-12-05

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