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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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20097.52h 32m

Overview

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

Directed by Niels Arden Oplev
Written by Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel, Stieg Larsson
Produced by Søren Stærmose
Box OfficeBudget: $13.0MRevenue: $109.4M

Top Cast

Michael Nyqvist

Michael Nyqvist

Mikael Blomkvist

Noomi Rapace

Noomi Rapace

Lisbeth Salander

Lena Endre

Lena Endre

Erika Berger

Sven-Bertil Taube

Sven-Bertil Taube

Henrik Vanger

Peter Haber

Peter Haber

Martin Vanger

Peter Andersson

Peter Andersson

Nils Bjurman

Marika Lagercrantz

Marika Lagercrantz

Cecilia Vanger

Ingvar Hirdwall

Ingvar Hirdwall

Dirch Frode

Björn Granath

Björn Granath

Gustav Morell

Ewa Fröling

Ewa Fröling

Harriet Vanger

Themes & Keywords

journalistislandbondagerapestrong womanhackerbased on novel or booknaziblow jobantisocial personality disorderfemale protagonistwhodunitnewspaper manmillenniumfemale empowermentlocked room mysterygirl with piercingswoman murder

About The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a drama, thriller, crime, mystery film released in 2009 exploring themes of journalist, island, bondage, rape, strong woman, hacker. Directed by Niels Arden Oplev, it stars Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre. 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

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