The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)

Lisbeth is in a Gothenburg hospital, a few rooms from her father. The Section, a secret group inside Swedish security that has shielded Zalachenko, wants them both silenced. The aging Gullberg kills Zalachenko in the hospital, fails to reach Lisbeth and takes his own life. While Lisbeth awaits her murder trial, Mikael gathers evidence and readies a special issue of Millennium. In court, lawyer Annika Giannini takes apart psychiatrist Teleborian and plays the video of Bjurman raping Lisbeth. The Section falls, Teleborian is arrested and Lisbeth walks free. At the end she finds Niedermann in a warehouse, nails his feet to the floor and calls both the biker gang and the police. Lisbeth and Mikael make peace and go their separate ways.

1. Behind the scenesPer Oscarsson's last role

   Holger Palmgren, Lisbeth's former guardian, was Per Oscarsson's final film role. The actor died in a house fire at the end of 2010.

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2. Behind the scenesA smaller budget

   The third film cost about $5.3 million, less than half the first film's $13 million.

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3. ReferenceThe castle in the air

   The Swedish title, Luftslottet som sprängdes, means roughly "the castle in the air that was blown up." The English title swapped it for a hornets' nest.

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