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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Movie·2009·Drama, Thriller, Crime·2h 32m·7.5 (3,230)·Directed by Niels Arden Oplev

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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

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Michael NyqvistMichael NyqvistMikael BlomkvistNoomi RapaceNoomi RapaceLisbeth SalanderLena EndreLena EndreErika BergerSven-Bertil TaubeSven-Bertil TaubeHenrik VangerPeter HaberPeter HaberMartin VangerPeter AnderssonPeter AnderssonNils BjurmanMarika LagercrantzMarika LagercrantzCecilia VangerIngvar HirdwallIngvar HirdwallDirch Frode

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