Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michael Nyqvist | ... | Mikael Blomkvist | |
Noomi Rapace | ... | Lisbeth Salander | |
Lena Endre | ... | Erika Berger | |
Sven-Bertil Taube | ... | Henrik Vanger | |
Peter Haber | ... | Martin Vanger | |
Peter Andersson | ... | Nils Bjurman | |
Marika Lagercrantz | ... | Cecilia Vanger | |
Ingvar Hirdwall | ... | Dirch Frode | |
Björn Granath | ... | Gustav Morell | |
Ewa Fröling | ... | Harriet Vanger | |
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Michalis Koutsogiannakis | ... | Dragan Armanskij |
Annika Hallin | ... | Annika Giannini | |
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Sofia Ledarp | ... | Malin Eriksson |
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Tomas Köhler | ... | Plague (as Thomas Köhler) |
David Dencik | ... | Janne Dahlman |
Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle suspects murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the tattooed, ruthless computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history; but, the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves. Written by Music Box Films
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has been a worldwide phenomenon for a while now. In book form, the original film, and the Hollywood remake. It is a disturbing, yet riveting tale, as is the story behind the author who made it. While Fincher's version is visually and stylistically more striking, I feel this original Swedish film does a better job bringing the disturbing mystery to the silver screen. Structured much more fluidly than the Hollywood version, the mystery of a missing girl flows and develops slowly, dishing out red herrings and suspense with each turn (something lacking in the Fincher version). It also stays closer to the original title of the book (and theme) Men who Hate Women. In the end, this is a dark tale of what rape does to women and to the world. Not everyone's idea of 'entertainment,' but a thought-provoking mystery for those with strong stomachs.