Convicted of libeling financier Wennerström, journalist Mikael Blomkvist takes an offer from old Henrik Vanger: write the family history as cover and find out who killed his niece Harriet, who vanished in 1966. Hacker Lisbeth Salander, who had investigated Mikael, joins the case. They tie the disappearance to old murders of women and land on Harriet's brother Martin, who has been torturing and killing women for years. Lisbeth saves Mikael, and Martin dies driving his car into a truck. Harriet is alive in Australia, having fled her brother. Lisbeth breaks into Wennerström's computer, Mikael publishes everything and she siphons off the financier's money. At the end, she sees Mikael with Erika Berger and keeps her feelings to herself.
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ChangeWhere Harriet was
In the book and the Swedish film, Harriet lives in Australia. In Fincher's film, Mikael works out that "Anita" in London is Harriet herself, living under her cousin's name.
In the book, a photo of Martin in the same jacket seen at the 1966 parade gives him away. Both films add a different trail: the victims were Jewish, which first points Mikael toward Harald.
In the book, Martin drives straight into a truck. In the Swedish film, he runs off the road and Lisbeth chooses not to save him. In Fincher's, the car explodes before she has to decide.
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