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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

Release Date : 2009-02-27

Language :SwedishEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Det Danske FilminstitutNordisk Film DenmarkZDFYellow BirdFilm Capital StockholmSpiltan UnderhållningNordisk Film & TV FondSvenska FilminstitutetSVTFilm i Väst

Production Country : DenmarkGermanyNorwaySweden

Alternative Titles : Millennium 1: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Cast

Character Name : Mikael Blomkvist

Original Name : Michael Nyqvist

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lisbeth Salander

Original Name : Noomi Rapace

Gender : Female

Character Name : Erika Berger

Original Name : Lena Endre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Henrik Vanger

Original Name : Sven-Bertil Taube

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martin Vanger

Original Name : Peter Haber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nils Bjurman

Original Name : Peter Andersson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cecilia Vanger

Original Name : Marika Lagercrantz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dirch Frode

Original Name : Ingvar Hirdwall

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gustav Morell

Original Name : Björn Granath

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harriet Vanger

Original Name : Ewa Fröling

Gender : Female

Character Name : Dragan Armanskij

Original Name : Michalis Koutsogiannakis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Annika Giannini

Original Name : Annika Hallin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Malin Erikson

Original Name : Sofia Ledarp

Gender : Female

Character Name : Plague

Original Name : Tomas Köhler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Janne Dahlman

Original Name : David Dencik

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hans-Erik Wennerström

Original Name : Stefan Sauk

Gender : Male

Character Name : Harald Vanger

Original Name : Gösta Bredefeldt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gunnar Brännlund

Original Name : Fredrik Ohlsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Christer Malm

Original Name : Jacob Ericksson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Isabella Vanger

Original Name : Gunnel Lindblom

Gender : Female

Character Name : Older Lady

Original Name : Barbro Enberg

Gender : Female

Character Name : Enrico Giannini

Original Name : Reuben Sallmander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mimmi Wu

Original Name : Yasmine Garbi

Gender : Female

Character Name : Alexander Zalachenko

Original Name : Georgi Staykov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agneta Salander

Original Name : Nina Norén

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police in Dalarna

Original Name : Emil Almén

Gender : Male

Character Name : Receptionist

Original Name : Louise Ryme

Gender : Female

Character Name : Judge

Original Name : Pale Olofsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Editor

Original Name : Mikael Rahm

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birger Vanger

Original Name : Willie Andréason

Gender : Male

Character Name : Policeman in the Woods

Original Name : Lennart R. Svensson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huligan #1

Original Name : Karl Oscar Törnros

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huligan #2

Original Name : Kalled Mustonen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Huligan #3

Original Name : Henrik Knutsson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Female TV Reporter

Original Name : Alexandra Pascalidou

Gender : Female

Character Name : Young Lisbeth Salander

Original Name : Tehilla Blad

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Harriet Vanger

Original Name : Julia Sporre

Gender : Female

Character Name : Jennie Giannini

Original Name : Laura Lind

Gender : Female

Character Name : Monica Giannini

Original Name : Isabella Isacson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gottfried Vanger

Original Name : Richard Franc

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Guard

Original Name : Magnus Stenius

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Daniel Abreu

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marie (uncredited)

Original Name : Sofia Brattwall

Gender : Female

Character Name : Otto Falk (uncredited)

Original Name : Christian Fiedler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prison Guard Anette (uncredited)

Original Name : Jannike Grut

Gender : Female

Character Name : Journalist / Murder Victim (uncredited)

Original Name : Alexandra Hummingson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gang Member (uncredited)

Original Name : Shaun R.L. King

Gender : Male

Character Name : Police Inspector (uncredited)

Original Name : Henrik Kvarnlöt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Economic Director (uncredited)

Original Name : Jan Mybrand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Security Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Mika-Christer Mäenpää

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nurse (uncredited)

Original Name : Sovi Rydén

Gender : Female

Character Name : Birgit Falk (uncredited)

Original Name : Margareta Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name : TV Reporter (uncredited)

Original Name : Lisbeth Åkerman

Gender : Female

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2021-12-05

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.