Millennium (miniseries)

Millennium is a 2010 Swedish six-part television miniseries expanded from the 2009 film adaptations of Stieg Larsson's Millennium book series: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest.

Millennium
Also known asMillenniumtriologin
GenreThriller
Based onMillennium
by Stieg Larsson
Written by
Directed by
Starring
Country of originSweden
Original languageSwedish
No. of episodes6
Production
Running time90 min
Production companies
Original release
NetworkSVT1
Release20 March (2010-03-20) –
24 April 2010 (2010-04-24)

The miniseries was produced by Yellow Bird in cooperation with several production companies. It was broadcast on SVT1 from 20 March 2010 to 24 April 2010, and released in 2011 in DVD and Blu-ray in the US under the name Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition. Millennium was well received, winning a jury award for drama at Kristallen 2010, and an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie or Miniseries in 2011.

Production

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The Millennium TV miniseries is a compilation of the three Swedish film adaptations, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest with extended scenes, adding more depth in both the stories and the characters. It was divided into 6 episodes total, with each episode of the series about 90 minutes long,[1] making the television series about 110 minutes longer than the movies. The series was produced by Yellow Bird in cooperation with several production companies, including SVT, Nordisk Film, Film i Väst and ZDF Enterprises. It was broadcast on SVT1 from 20 March 2010 to 24 April 2010[2] and released on a DVD and Blu-ray boxset titled Millennium Trilogy on 11 November 2011.[3] Music Box Home Entertainment released the English version in US on 6 December 2011 under the name Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition.[4]

# Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1The Girl with the Dragon TattooNiels Arden OplevRasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel20 March 2010 (20 March 2010)
2The Girl with the Dragon TattooNiels Arden OplevRasmus Heisterberg and Nikolaj Arcel27 March 2010 (27 March 2010)
3The Girl Who Played with FireDaniel AlfredsonJonas Frykberg3 April 2010 (3 April 2010)
4The Girl Who Played with FireDaniel AlfredsonJonas Frykberg10 April 2010 (10 April 2010)
5The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' NestDaniel AlfredsonUlf Rydberg17 April 2010 (17 April 2010)
6The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' NestDaniel AlfredsonUlf Rydberg24 April 2010 (24 April 2010)

Cast

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This is a list of characters who appeared in the series.

Character Actor/Actress Episodes
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6
Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist Yes
Lisbeth Salander Noomi Rapace Yes
Erika Berger Lena Endre Yes
Dragan Armanskij Michalis Koutsogiannakis Yes Yes Yes
Christer Malm Jacob Ericksson Yes Yes
"Plague" Tomas Köhler Yes Yes Yes
Malin Eriksson Sofia Ledarp Yes
Annika Giannini Annika Hallin Yes Yes Yes
Alexander Zalachenko Georgi Staykov Yes
Miriam Wu Yasmine Garbi Yes Yes
Ronald Niedermann Mikael Spreitz Yes
Nils Bjurman Peter Andersson Yes
Holger Palmgren Per Oscarsson Yes Yes Yes
Henrik Vanger Sven-Bertil Taube Yes
Cecilia Vanger Marika Lagercrantz Yes
Martin Vanger Peter Haber Yes
Dirch Frode Ingvar Hirdwall Yes
Janne Dahlman David Dencik Yes
Gustaf Morell Björn Granath Yes
Harriet Vanger Ewa Fröling Yes
Brännlund Fredrik Ohlsson Yes
Harald Vanger Gösta Bredefeldt Yes
Isabella Vanger Gunnel Lindblom Yes
Birger Vanger Willie Andréason Yes
Otto Falk Christian Fiedler Yes
Birgit Falk Margareta Stone Yes
Enrico Reuben Sallmander Yes Yes
Paolo Roberto Paolo Roberto Yes
Jan Bublanski Johan Kylén Yes
Gunnar Björk Ralph Carlsson Yes
Sonja Modig Tanja Lorentzon Yes
Rikard Ekström Niklas Hjulström Yes
Hans Faste Magnus Krepper Yes
Niklas Eriksson Daniel Gustavsson Yes
Jerker Holmberg Donald Högberg Yes
Dr. Peter Teleborian Anders Ahlbom Rosendahl Yes Yes
Evert Gullberg Hans Alfredson Yes
Fredrik Clinton Lennart Hjulström Yes
Torsten Edklinth Niklas Falk Yes
Monica Figuerola Mirja Turestedt Yes
Hallberg Jan Holmquist Yes
Georg Nyström Rolf Degerlund Yes
Birger Wadensjöö Jacob Nordenson Yes
Dr. Anders Jonasson Aksel Morisse Yes
Jonas Sandström Johan Holmberg Yes
Judge Ylva Lööf Yes
Sonny Nieminen Pelle Blomander Yes
Hans-Åke Waltari Nicklas Gustavsson Yes
Watchman Jim Wiberg Yes

Reception

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Millennium won the award for "Årets TV-drama" ("TV Drama of the Year") at Kristallen 2010.[5] The series also won the award for "Best TV Movie or Miniseries" at the 39th International Emmy Awards.[6] Paul Pritchard of DVD Verdict praised the choice for reconfiguring the three films into an extended miniseries stating, "This change of format not only doesn't harm the material, it actually enhances it. Given the extra room to breathe, the films are both richer and a much more palatable proposition. Whether by chance or design, each of the films also has a natural break-off point, where each episode can draw to a close; this allows the viewer to take in each story in easily digestible chunks whilst ensuring they are left desperate to find out what happens next. It's also important to stress that the story still maintains its cinematic feel."[7] Thomas Spurlin of DVD Talk gave similar praise stating, "The Swedish film trilogy captures the character examination portion of the equation quite well; combining Noomi Rapace with generally well-adapted text (aside from a few character divergences and rewrites) renders a compelling cinematic exploration of the character, one similar in tone and impact to that in Larsson's text. The films aren't perfect in terms of their effectiveness as procedural thrillers or dramatic powerhouses, but the elements that they do get right elevate the content to something noteworthy."[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ In PAL video, i.e. 25 fps. The HD version on Blu-ray is about 93 minutes per episode (24 fps).
  2. ^ Sveriges Television - Millenniumtriologin Archived 24 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Millennium Trilogy (4-disc Blu-ray)" (in Swedish). discshop. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Dragon Tattoo Trilogy". Amazon. 6 December 2011.
  5. ^ Strömbäck Horney, Karolina (3 September 2010). "Solsidan blev kvällens vinnare". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  6. ^ "The ZDF/ZDF Enterprises co-production "Millennium" wins an International Emmy Award". ZDF Enterprises. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  7. ^ Paul Pritchard (2 December 2011). "Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition DVD review". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  8. ^ Thomas Spurlin (1 June 2012). "Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition (Blu-ray) review". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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