The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
Hacker vigilante Lisbeth Salander fights to prove her innocence and expose a shadowy conspiracy before a looming trial, all while battling ruthless foes who will stop at nothing to silence her.
“There's A Storm Coming”
Synopsis
After sustaining a gunshot wound to the head, Lisbeth Salander is placed under close medical supervision in a hospital and is scheduled to face trial for attempted murder upon her release. With the assistance of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his team of researchers at *Millennium* magazine, Salander works to clear her name. In the process, she confronts powerful adversaries and the challenges of her own troubled past.
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Principal cast & crew: 38
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Edited by Hakan KarlssonShot by Peter MokrosinskiScored by Jacob Groth
Box Office
2009 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 11× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$43.5M
US & Canada: $5.2M — 12% of worldwide · International: $38.3M (88%)
Also known as
- Stieg Larsson: Vergebungde
- Vergebungde
- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nesten
- Millennium 3: La reina en el palacio de las corrientes de airees
- Millénium 3, La Reine dans le palais des courants d'airfr
- La regina dei castelli di cartait
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Cast & Crew
38 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Michael Nyqvist
as Mikael Blomkvist
Noomi Rapace
as Lisbeth Salander
Lena Endre
as Erika Berger
Annika Hallin
as Annika Giannini
Jacob Ericksson
as Christer Malm
Sofia Papadimitriou Ledarp
as Malin Erikson
Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl
as Dr. Peter Teleborian
Mirja Turestedt
as Monica Figuerola
Micke Spreitz
as Ronald Niederman
Georgi Staykov
as Alexander Zalachenko
Tanja Lorentzon
as Sonja Modig
Magnus Krepper
as Hans Faste
Supporting cast
17Michalis Koutsogiannakis
as Dragan Armanskij
Jacob Nordenson
as Bertil Wadensjö
Peter Andersson
as Nils Bjurman
Tomas Kohler
as 'Plague'
Per Oscarsson
as Holger Palmgren
Rolf Degerlund
as Georg Nyström
Sofia Ledarp
as Malin Erikson
Hans Alfredson
as Evert Gullberg
Lennart Hjulstrom
as Fredrik Clinton
Jan Holmquist
as Otto Hallberg
Niklas Hjulstrom
as Richard Ekström
Johan Kylen
as Jan Bublanski
Tehilla Blad
as Young Lisbeth
Agnes Kittelsen
Alexandra Pascalidou
as Herself
Niklas Falk
as Edklinth
Alexandra Hummingson
as Journalist (uncredited)
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