THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
synopsis
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 is
convinced it was 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.
Based on the trilogy of books by Stieg Larsson.
international title: | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo |
original title: | Män som hatar kvinnor |
country: | Sweden, Denmark |
sales agent: | Zodiak Entertainment |
year: | 2009 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Niels Arden Oplev |
film run: | 145' |
release date: | DK/SE 27/02/2009, NO 13/03/2009, FI 27/03/2009, BE/FR 13/05/2009, IT 23/05/2009, SK 03/06/2010, CZ 01/07/2010, RO 09/07/2010 |
screenplay: | Nicolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg |
cast: | Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube, Lena Endre, Ingvar Hirdwall, Peter Andersson, Peter Haber, Marika Lagercrantz, Ewa Fröling |
cinematography by: | Eric Kress |
film editing: | Anne Østerud |
art director: | Niels Sejer |
costumes designer: | Cilla Rörby |
music: | Jacob Groth |
producer: | Søren Stærmose |
production: | Yellow Bird Production, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Sveriges Television AB - SVT, DR, TV2 Norge, Nordisk Film och TV Fond, Filmpool Stockholm Mälardalen, Spiltan, Film i Väst |
backing: | Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute |
distributor: | Nordisk Film Distribution AB, UGC Distribution, Nordisk Film AB, BIM Distribuzione, Bontonfilm, TatraFilm, Independenta Film, Sony Pictures Releasing UK |