The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Played with Fire is a 2009 Swedish-Danish crime thriller film with German co-production directed by Daniel Alfredson from a screenplay of Jonas Frykberg and produced by Søren Stærmose. It is the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from the same year and based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Swedish writer Stieg Larsson, the second entry in his Millennium series.
Plot
On returning to Sweden after nearly a year living abroad, Lisbeth Salander reconnects with her ex-girlfriend Miriam Wu and offers her free use of her old apartment. Later, Salander confronts her sexually abusive former guardian Nils Bjurman after hacking into his email and discovering that he has an appointment booked with a tattoo removal specialist. She warns him at gunpoint not to remove the tattoo that she etched on his abdomen exposing him as a rapist.
Cast
- Anders Ahlbom
- Annika Hallin
- Daniel Gustavsson
- David Druid
- Dennis Önder
- Donald Högberg
- Georgi Staykov
- Hans-Christian Thulin
- Jacob Ericksson
- Jennie Silfverhjelm
- Johan Kylén
- Lena Endre
- Magnus Krepper
- Michael Nyqvist
- Michalis Koutsogiannakis
- Mikael Spreitz
- Niklas Hjulström
- Noomi Rapace
- Ola Wahlström
- Paolo Roberto
- Pelle Bolander
- Per Oscarsson
- Peter Andersson
- Ralph Carlsson
- Reuben Sallmander
- Sofia Ledarp
- Sunil Munshi
- Sven-Bertil Taube
- Tanja Lorentzon
- Tehilla Blad
- Yasmine Garbi
More details
| author | Jonas Frykberg |
|---|---|
| director | Daniel Alfredson |
| editor | Mattias Morheden |
| events | incest |
| genre | crime mystery thriller |
| keywords | boxing trainer congenital analgesia discover doctoral thesis frame gosseberga hack injured kidnap kill lisbeth salander live abroad mikael blomkvist murder post office prime suspect prostitution read sex trafficking shallow grave torture traffic write |
| musicBy | Jacob Groth |
| nomination | European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film |
| producer | Søren Stærmose |
| publisher | NFP Nordisk Film |
| theme | human trafficking mystery thriller sequel |