Sandstrom?
- We have a job for you. - I don't think ...
Yes, we do.
- Do you still see her? - Who?
- Lisbeth Salander. - I haven't seen her in a year.
- Why? - I don't know.
- Did something happened? - You mean, were we arguing? No.
One day we talked, and the next day She didn't even answer the phone.
We have to go now. Dag Svensson will show up at the editorial meeting today.
He was on the human trafficking story. The girls from Eastern Europe.
- What kind of guy is he? - Freelance, young, ambitious.
- Fit. - Fit?
- How long have you been working on it? - About four years.
I found the subject through my girlfriend. She's researching gender and she's a criminologist.
She's pursuing a PhD in human trafficking.
You work as a team?
No, Mia focuses on the girls.
I focus more on distributors and the span of customers.
- What have you found then? - Several prominent customers.
Someone from the Justice Department, who took part in the new sex market legislation.
Three police officers-
- one from vice squad and one from the security police.
Five solicitors, one judge, and one prosecutor
The affected girls -
are so low on the social ladder that they're irrelevant to the justice system.
So it just goes on?
My conclusion is, unfortunately-
-That the justice department won't get into it.
Crimes against young Eastern European girls isn't a priority.
"A whore's a whore". It's ... part of the system.
- How far along are you? - I've finished the research.
I just need to check facts and confront the customers I want to expose.
Hang on.
The last time I didn't check my facts properly, I spent three months behind bars.
So anyone who's accused must be able to comment on it.
'Course. And don't worry; I have watertight evidence.
- I think it sounds great. - Yes.
All right. We don't pay any huge salary.
I suggest a two month project position.
And you can have a desk here.
- Sound good? - Yes, it sounds great.
We stick our necks out with that story. We have to realize that.
That is supposedly the whole point of Millennium?
- That's why we're here. - Yes, welcome to Millennium then.
Thanks.
Now you can exhale.
Bedrooms to the right and a master bedroom on the left.
I'll take a look, back in a jiffy.
-Can I help you with anything? -An apartment overlooking the ocean.
-This apartment isn't for you. -Why not?
To buy this, one must have a huge, huge stack of weekly allowance.
- How are you? - Good. Smashing.
Or something like that. I tried to get hold of one of the abusers.
A policeman from the security police. Gunnar Björck.
He's nowhere. He vanished into thin air.
- What do you have? - A P.O. Box.
- P.O. Box address? - Yes.
Try a lottery tricket.
- What? - Lottery tricket.
Write to the P.O. Box that he's won ...
... A monster phone with GPS and that he's 1 of 20 selected-
-Who can win 100,000 if he'll participate in a study.
Lottery tricket.
Is it legal?
There's nothing illegal in giving away a phone?
Say you're from Indigo Market Research. Same as me.
- That'll be 297. - Thanks, it's all good.
- Are you a bit hung over? - No.
Come on.
- What have you got today? - Nothing. Or, maybe not ...
Yes. You think he's our puppy, huh? He's the right kind of journalist.
Shoots up on essentials. Just like you.
You dislike that he's so much like you.
"Human trafficking, organized crime, and society's response."
- By Mia Bergman. - Yes.
"From Russia With Love"?
It's an ironic allusion to a Ian Flemings' 007 classic.
Yes, James Bond ...
How does it work then?
It's often organized in small disoriented gangs.
Just dig in here.
The gangs average is usually only a few members.
Half Russians or Balts, half Swedes.
The girls are transported to the suburbs.
And they don't have a choice once they end up in Sweden.
If they don't go along with it, they get beaten up-
-or tortured by their pimp.
They can't escape; first what the gangs do is-
-Take away their passports.
You got the names of the gangs' leaders?
No ...
Not with certainty.
The leaders are often notoriously violent. There's a clear pecking order.
No one dares say anything. Least of all the girls.
I thought we would have some dessert, too. Sorry.
... stick to the overall legal aspect. You know he's not.
It must be made so that trafficking is a crime.
There are criminals who should be hanged as war criminals. Right?
Right?
Yes ... Yes!
Do you have something special for us tonight?
- Where should we go? - Your place.
Bellmansgatan.
please contact
delete?
FIND BJURMAN CONNECT BJURMAN OPEN encrypted connection
- Solicitor Bjurman? - Yes?
This is regarding a police file dated 1993. Lisbeth Salander.
My employer would like to take a look at it.
Really? And who's your employer?
I have the case files stored at my retreat.
- Do you have copies? - No.
Is she still abroad?
Probably.
Thanks.
Bjurman!
I'll be in touch.
You're supposed to file reports about me to the Guardianship.
- I do. - Each month. You're sloppy.
- I have some reports stored at my retreat. - Shut your mouth.
If your reports say I'm behaving well,
I'll let you go when I'm no longer under the Guardianship.
If you can't do it, I'll send our movie to every newspaper in the country.
If something happens to me, or if I die, it'll be made public.
And if you touch me again, I'll kill you.
And one more thing:
If you visit that clinic in Marseilles for tattoo removal,
I'll redo my work. On your forehead.
- Do you understand? - Yes.
I broke up and went to Paris. Mom and dad live there.
I worked at a club near Clichy.
A wonderful club.
But I'd applied to law school and was accepted.
- Mom checked the record and said ... - Do you want my apartment?
- What? - Do you want my apartment?
- Are you moving? - I've already moved.
I can't buy anything, Lisbeth.
The rent's paid for one year. You want it?
All right.
- There's only one thing ... - I thought so.
I still have my mailing address there.
I want you to forward my mail.
Where do you live then?
- Somewhere else. - Can I visit you?
No. Not now.
But you come here and fuck sometimes when you feel like it?
It makes me happy, but it's not included in the contract.
Damn, you're crazy. Are you serious?
Yes.
Come here.
Damn! I have something for you.
So. Happy Birthday.
- There's no year. - No, it's from last year.
If you're going to keep on with this shit -
- So, you get to do it elegantly.
You're the only one who gives me presents.
Hey, baby. Sorry I'm late.
- What is it? - Have you seen this?
- Irina Hammujärvi. - She was a part of your thesis, right?
She was only 17. We talked recently.
And she said she would quit and sort out her life.
- And then this happened. - Yes ...
- Do you know who brought her here? - Someone she called Zala.
Someone she was really scared of. I haven't identified him.
- He was called Anton in the thesis. - Damn, that's strange.
I confronted a journalist Sandström, a customer.
He mentioned the name: Zala.
- You know what he's working on ? - No.
Sandström made the layouts of an information pamphlet-
- about STDs for the health department.
He was completely devastated when I asked why he went to teenage hookers.
Sorry. Darling?
Delicious food. Really delicious, Annika.
- I made the food. - It was delicious, Annika.
- Mikael, why aren't you married? - Aunt Angelina, let him be.
- He will not. - Why not?
He looks so good.
Michael, do you have a woman? You must have a woman.
Yes, I have a woman.
- Get married to her. - I would, but she's already married.
Hello. Am I disturbing you?
No, I'm with my sister and half a platoon from her husband's family.
I made prints of the pictures to go with Mia to Dalarna in the morning.
I don't know, I might send them by messenger.
No, don't, I'll be off soon.
- I'll pass. - How nice. One more thing ...
I want to look up a name. A gangster called Zala.
Don't come with new material so late.
I know, but I have a gut feeling that it might be worthwhile.
- Take it then. - Sure.
- I can drive you, if you want. - Annika...
- I'd like to hire you as a lawyer. - Yes?
We did an article on trafficking. Can you look through it?
- I don't work with the freedom of the press. - No, but with violence against women.
Yes.
Two minutes.
- Has something happened? - It sounded like a shot.
Just now.
Dag?
Hello? Hello?
Did you report this?
Yes.
Did you see what happened?
No. ... I just found them.
Not more than ten minutes ago, or something, I think.
Do you have some kind of description? Did you see anyone run away?
No.
The neighbors might've seen something.
You live here?
No, I visit the couple who ...
I'll be back.
Oy, Blomkvist? We have a few questions.
It shouldn't be here!
The couple shot: A journalist and a criminologist-
were found by another journalist: Mikael Blomkvist from Millennium.
Known from the scandal around the Wennerstrom case.
- What do we know about the motive? - Not much at this point.
The girl was soon to be a PhD.
This case has the highest priority. Assemble a task force.
– Hans Faste, Jerker Holmberg... – Sonja Modig.
Ok Bublanski. You set up a team. But make it quick.
Ekström, prosecutors.
We need to talk about two things. Should we publish daily content?
Can we publish? What Mike and I just discussed.
We don't know why the killings took place. It might be something private in their lives.
But we can't exclude that it might be their job.
But, Mike, you described the killings as mere executions.
Who on this list are capable of that? And then get away with it?
We're about to publish the names of several persons
who'd prefer to stay out of the spotlight.
Some of them had already been contacted by Dag.
- It's speculation. - Shouldn't we give the list to the police?
- Yes, I suppose we should. - No.
They can have the names of some customers, but we must never reveal our sources.
It's for the safety of the girls Mia interviewed.
It's a matter of life or death for them.
Back to the first question: Are we printing this?
- I think that's what Dag would've wanted. - Yes. And I like it.
Christer?
Okay, sure.
Hello, Armanskij.
Can I come in?
More than a year.
Are you angry?
What do you want? Do you need a job?
Do you work some place else?
I've been traveling. I just recently returned to Sweden.
- Where have you been? - Here and there.
Australia, New Zealand. The last few months in the Caribbean.
I don't know why I didn't say goodbye.
Because you don't really care about other people.
You treat people who are trying to be your friends like shit.
It's that simple.
Blomkvist has been looking for you.
He's called at least once a month to inquire about you.
He cares as well. Just like Holger Palmgren.
He got his stroke two years ago and you haven't visited him.
Is he alive?
You don't even know if he's dead or alive.
You've been missing.
I've been traveling. I had to run away for a while.
Have you been worried?
No. You can do anything.
Armanskij was worried.
How are things with the new...
...guardian?
- Bjurman. - He's okay. It's okay.
- And your still under guardianship? - Don't worry about me.
I'll fix it. It's no longer your job.
No, I'm too old.
I'm just a silly, old fool.
Yes, you are. Truly silly, if that's what you think.
We've received a preliminary report about the murder weapon.
- It's illegal? - No, it's perfectly legal.
It belongs to solicitor Nils Erik Bjurman.
Acquired in 1983. He's got an address on Gardet.
There you go.
We identified two fingerprints. Right thumb and forefinger.
A woman born in 1981.
Arrested for assault in Gamla Stan in 1998, when the fingerprints were taken.
- Do you have a name? - Her name is Lisbeth... Salander.
Sorry.
I found nothing about a foster daughter that Holger Palmgren would've had.
It's me. He took care of me since I was 13, until he had a stroke.
I'm his next of kin.
Is he ok?
I'll be honest with you.
He could've had a stroke last night or lived for 20 years.
I really don't know about him.
Is there no specialist?
I'm afraid we're specialised care.
I wish we had better resources and didn't have any budget cuts ...
What kind of care would you give him then?
Yes ... The ideal for a patient like Holger would be -
- A personal trainer who could work with him full time.
- Employing someone. - Yes
I'll pay. Hire a personal trainer.
Do you have any idea what it costs?
No.
The gun owner attorney Bjurman isn't at his home or office.
According to a colleague lawyer, he's sick and has disposed of his business.
I've put Sonja on the matter.
Bjurman's 56 years old and has impunity. He's a corporate lawyer.
I haven't looked into his background, but there's more.
Sorry, I'm a bit late.
I had to spend a few hours with the chief guardian.
Lisbeth Salander seems quite disturbed.
She's under a legal guardian.
Guess who the guardian is?
Solicitor Nils Bjurman. The owner of the murder weapon in Enskede.
She was already violent in primary school. Psychiatric treatment as a teen.
We think she supports herself through prostitution. And documented violent tendencies.
- A connection to the couple in Enskede? - Not yet.
She has periodically been employed by Milton Security.
-What kind of work? -Don't know ... cleaner or something, maybe.
- Do we have Salander's address? - Lundagatan in Södermalm.
Stop! Police! Cross the street.
- Have you arrested Salander? - No, we're waiting for backup.
- How long will it take? - Don't know. Five or ten minutes.
- Why should it take so fucking long? - That's the way it is. It's ok.
- Call me. - I'll call when we're done.
Hookers have no class anymore.
They look more fucked up every day. Would you pick her up?
There has to be a simpler way.
Why call in the storm troopers to catch one small fish?
The girl is 150cm tall and weighs 40kg.
We're in but the apartment is empty.
Understood.
Smells of fresh paint here.
How's the kitchen renovation?
It's expensive. Takes forever to get finished.
-Faste? -Yes?
Why did it say "Salander Wu" on the door?
No idea.
There's been a party.
I don't think Salander lives here. All mail is addressed to Miriam Wu.
Prescription, also issued to Miriam Wu.
And nothing for Salander.
Hello, this is Bjurman. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you.
Hello?
I gave her assignments until eighteen months ago.
What kind of work?
Research, personal inquiries. She has her own company.
The Lisbeth Salander I think of hasn't gone beyond elementary school.
According to her file, she can't handle this kind of work.
Papers are one thing; people another.
- You seem to have respect for her. - For her skills.
Do you know where I can get hold of her?
What's she suspected of?
She never came here?
No. She worked from home.
Met with clients only rarely.
- Maybe ... - What?
She worked for a journalist who sought her now and then.
- A journalist? - Mikael Blomkvist.
Sorry, I have to take this.
Yes, Modig, what is it?
Snap one from that angle as well, so we get it properly.
She's in there.
Thanks. My coffee craving was about to kill me.
What have you found?
Bjurman, and an empty Magnum bullet box. We're checking it for prints.
And copies of monthly reports on Salander,
which he's been sending to the Guardianship.
According to the reports, Salander's basically an angel.
I'm confused. According to Faste, she's a psychopath.
According to Armanskij, she's a skilled researcher.
We've turned him around. There's something you should see.
"I'm a sadistic pig and a rapist."
- What do you think? - Not a bad motive for murder.
No, it's quite unreasonable.
Lisbeth Salander has nothing to do with Dag and Mia.
According to our information, you hired Salander as a researcher.
- Was she a good researcher? - The best I've worked with.
- What about her social handicap? - What kind of handicap?
- Psychiatric problems, guardianship ... - Guardianship?
I don't understand you and Armanskij. She's been a psychiatric case since her teens.
She's legally incompetent and has a documented violent disposition.
She's had problems with authorities since she was little.
Now she's reasonably suspected for triple murder.
And you and Armanskij are talking about her as if she were a little princess.
Triple murder?
LISBETH 28 SOUGHT FOR THREE MURDERS
IN ENSKEDE
HUNTED FOR THREE MURDERS
JOURNALIST BLOMKVIST FOUND THE MURDER VICTIMS
And you, Peter Teleborian, you call it a scandal-
-That she didn't receive necessary care.
I don't really discuss individual patients-
-But some very complex cases require skilled care.
I can only regret that three people died-
-As a result of budget cutbacks in psychiatric care.
So the woman should be kept locked up?
Some patients should be in hospitals, not in society.
Thanks, Pontus Levin. And thanks, Peter Teleborian-
-Chief Medical Officer at St. Stephen's child psychiatric clinic-
-where the wanted woman was treated earlier.
This afternoon another person was found murdered.
The 56 year old socially committed solicitor was found shot in his apartment.
Police are investigating if the murders are connected.
The dead journalist, Dag Svensson, worked for the journal, Millennium-
-Where Mikael Blomqvist is editor.
According to Blomkvist, Svensson was about to write about-
-IT security and hackers.
It's a great loss for his family, his colleagues-
and the whole journalist community.
A brutal attack on free society.
- Why'd you tell them that? - Because it's true.
One of Dag's specialties was hacking.
We'd agreed that it would be his next case.
And I want to find a certain person before the police does.
Lisbeth reads everything I write. No matter where she is.
And she's quite interested in the subject.
This statement might make her contact me.
- You have no doubts? - About what?
You ask if Lisbeth is capable of killing, then yes.
She has a violent nature. I've even seen her ...
- When she saved your life? - No.
- No, what? - Lisbeth hasn't murdered anyone.
-That's Dags' phone. -I'll take it.
- Indigo Market Research. - Hi, my name is Gunnar Björck.
I received a very interesting offer from you.
FIND Blomkvist PORTABLE
CONNECT Blomkvist
- I'm sure it was Lisbeth. - What documents was she looking for?
My e-mail contact with Dag Svenson. Or his research materials.
- Can you trace her? - No, she doesn't work that way.
She has enough reason to to stay away.
- You believe that she's guilty? - I didn't say that.
I know she hasn't done anything. Not this time, anyway.
- Everything seems to belong to one Miriam Wu. - What do we know about her?
Unashamed notorious lesbian who appears in shows like the Pride Festival-
-Pretending to study sociology and she's part- owners of the porn shop, "Domino Fashion".
Porn-commerce? Domino Fashion? -They sell handcuffs and leather attire.
- They sell swank lingerie. - Do you shop there?
- No trace of Miriam Wu? - No.
If Miriam Wu's a lesbian, then are her and Salander a couple?
Yes, we've found Salanders' finger- prints on a pair of handcuffs.
The apartment was full of sex toys.
According to another tip-
-Salander and Wu used to hang with the girl group, Evil Fingers.
- What is it? - It seems to be something of the occult.
I've also heard about Evil Fingers.
A girl rock band in the late 90's. They weren't well known.
- A group of lesbian Satanists. - Your attitude toward women is out of Jurassic Park.
How about plain, simple white tiles then? Why not?
Italian?
How much?
Inclusive of VAT? Yeah.
No, it's ok. Let's take that one then.
- Damn, let's go! - Okay, we're running on Italian time.
-Am I arrested for something? -No.
So I can go when I want?
- Technically speaking, yes. - Technically speaking?
We need a few answers from you. Can you tell me where you've been?
I'm not obliged to do so until you tell me why I'm here.
I came home and saw that the door was broken.
Then a bloody, self-righteous guy dragged me here without telling me anything.
- Don't you like guys? - Didn't you read the papers?
No, I was in Paris for two weeks.
You haven't heard the Swedish news?
No, I got off the overnight train, came home, and then this happened.
Where is she, Miriam?
- What ... - You live together.
No, we don't. She gave me her apartment.
- You've got her apartment? - Where is Lisbeth then?
- I don't know. - You expect us to believe that?
How's she make a living? Should we start there, instead?
I don't know either. We don't know each other that way.
- Is she a whore? - Whore? Of course not.
But you admit that you know Salander?
- Do you have sex with each other? - That doesn't concern you or anyone else.
The apartment was full of sex toys. Did you only do Lisbeth with the dildo?
Did you find it? What did you fantasize about? Did you stick it somewhere?
- Shut up and answer the question. - You're asking if I fuck Lisbeth.
You don't give a shit if I do!
Hearing of Miriam Wu interrupted for a break at 11:12.
Faste, can I have a few words with you?
How is it that ...
Good luck.
- Björck here. - It's me from Indigo.
- Good. Did you get the directions? - Yes, no problem.
This lottery and phone ...
You're still among the 20 selected.
- Hi. - Gunnar Björck?
Found it easily? Come in.
- Have we met before? - No.
You seem familiar.
You may have seen me in the newspapers.
- What'd you say your name was? - Mikael Blomkvist. I'm a journalist.
I work for Millennium.
I didn't know you did market research.
Yes, sometimes.
Look at these two images and then tell me-
-The model you like best.
First we have Lidia Komarova.
She's 16 and comes from Minsk, Belarus.
Then Myang So Hun.
She's 25 so she's a little older, but it doesn't show.
Also calls herself Jo-Jo. She's from Thailand.
And then we have Silvia; whose real name is Jelena Barasova.
19, from Tallinn.
You've bought sex from all three.
So I wonder: Who'd you like best?
- Is this a joke? - No.
Our reporter, Dag Svensson, provided documents proving-
-That you bought sex from them.
- Was he in contact with you? - Who?
- Dag Svensson - I've never heard his name.
- Now I want you to go. - Yes, that's enough to sue.
He didn't confront you with his documentation,
-Before someone shot him.
Do you know sollicitor Bjurman, who also was shot?
What do you want?
We want sex buyers to comment on our data-
-when we do the next article on trafficking.
Do you understand that you're ruining my life if you publish this?
Yes.
Why do you ask that, Mom?
The fucking police did it. The pigs!
This place looks fucking awful.
I don't know. She's vanished.
Wait, somebody's at the door.
Hi, Miriam. Tony Scala, journalist.
Your girlfriend's suspected of three murders.
Were you abroad with Lisbeth Salander? Do you know where she is?
You have to talk to the media sooner or later. I can help you.
Go to hell, you fucking pig!
Fucking Lisbeth, I'll strangle you.
Mom, are you still there? It was a journalist. No, he's gone.
-Plague to Wasp. I found you. -I work. What do you want?
-Who was this Zalachenko? -Fuck that.
But why did you shoot?
- What happens now? - I need your help.
I'm looking for a classified police investigation on me from '93.
'93. It's not digitalised then. Long time ago.
- What were you then? Twelve? - Try to find it. I'll pay.
Find me on hotmail, if you need help with other things.
- You know you're a sociopath, right? - You know you're normal, right?
Here you are.
Here you are. Welcome back.
-Miriam Wu? -Yes?
Mikael Blomkvist. We've met once.
Go to hell! You fucking journalists disgust me!
Hell, hell!
Is this where you usually sit? Hi.
Thank you for calling back.
Your inquiry's leaking like a sieve.
"She leads the league of lesbian satanists." My God.
Will this be in Expressen tomorrow?
I'm not working at Expressen or Aftonbladet.
You know what I mean. You're progressing with your own research.
A double espresso.
Why do you think Lisbeth is innocent?
She had no reason to kill Dag and Mia. Especially Mia.
Mia wanted to expose human trafficking. Sounds like something Lisbeth could've done.
Lisbeth detests men who hate women.
We have proof she was at the scene of the crime.
- So you found fingerprints? - Yes, she's connected to the murder weapon.
That doesn't mean she pulled the trigger.
- And Bjurman? Her guardian? - The answer lies in Svensson's research.
This is a police matter. We don't need private detectives and their wild theories.
I have no theories. I'm stating that Lisbeth didn't kill Dag and Mia.
I'll come up with evidence and an alternative-killer.
And write an article that you and your peers won't like ... at all.
We have to get back. I have a lunch meeting.
Have you been in contact with her?
Who?
Who do you think?
An old friend called this morning.
He's also convinced that Lisbeth Salander is innocent.
- Who? - That's completely skewed.
Erika?
It's best if you meet and discuss it yourselves.
Jab, Paolo! Come on! In with the jab!
Move your feet, too. Footwork. Come on!
Don't give up.
- How do you know Lisbeth? - We've boxed together since she was 17.
- Courageous. In the same weight class? - Yes, she's quiet tough.
She's in trouble, huh?
She's in deep shit. Paolo, I need your help.
I need to meet Lisbeth's friend, Miriam Wu.
- You've read about her, huh? - I know her. Tough kickboxer.
She refuses to talk to me, because I'm a journalist.
If you, as a famous boxer, could talk to her ...
And try to reach Lisbeth through her?
Come on. Get up.
Get up.
I'm going to ask you some questions, Per-Ake. If you answer, I'll let you live.
If you refuse, I'll zap you again.
100,000 volts.
If you lie or answer confusingly, I'll zap you.
Your muscles will stop working, and you'll hang yourself.
And I'm leaving. Understand?
I don't want to die.
My mistake. I forgot to tell you that you can't speak without my permission.
- Is this your daughter? - Yes. She'll be here any minute...
You're breaking the rules again.
- Do you want to die? - No.
To this years sadistic pigs and rapists.
Right?
Who's Zala?
- I don't know. - Don't abuse your chance.
I don't know who he is. The journalist you shot asked about him as well.
If I knew I'd tell you.
I've just spoken to someone who said his name was Zala.
- One minute. On the phone. - Why?
I was supposed to import a car with amphetamines from Tallinn.
I didn't want to.
They showed up a few days later and told me I couldn't pull out.
Then they forced me to come with them to...
- To? - Some storage facility.
The first thing I saw was a man on the floor, beaten to a pulp.
- And he was there ... - Who? Zala?
No, a blonde fucker. Pure muscle.
I've only seen him once before. Damn.
- What's his name? - I don't know.
Then what happened?
They said that the guy on the floor was a snitch.
The blond guy raised him up on a chair in front of me.
Then he put his hands around his neck.
I heard his neck snapping.
He died right before my eyes!
Well ...?
Then the blonde guy wrapped his hands around my neck.
Magge held a phone to my ear and told me Zala wanted to speak to me.
What'd he say? Zala.
I was to do as I was told. What choice did I have?
Hello?
- The hard drive? - The whole shebang. You can read yourself.
- What is it then? - Seizure Protocol.
It's Bublanski. He's angry that I'm not helpful enough.
We have copies of everything, so now lets publish it before anything else happens.
Hello?
Damn!
Micke? You asked me to dig a little into Gunnar Björcks' past.
I came upon Nils Bjurmans' name.
He was administrator in the National Police, Board of Security.
- What? When? - Between '76 and '78.
- Same time as Björck. - Fuck...!
- Where is she? - Who?
- Lisbeth Salander. - I told you, I don't know!
You get one more chance. Then I use this.
I haven't shot Dag and Mia. If you want to help me, search for Zala.
I can take and give punches.
But this was no ordinary man.
- What'd he look like? - Like a Blonde armor-piercing robot.
- He was 100% muscle. - You've never seen him?
Never. He moved like a boxer.
He kept his guard up, but at the same time he seemed completely clueless.
- Clueless in what way? On drugs? - No, it was very strange.
I could hit him whenever I wanted.
As if he'd trained, but never listened to his coach!
And then there was something fucking scary.
What then?
I hit him really hard, probably a hundred times in the face.
Nothing happened.
As if he could not feel anything.
- Hello. Ward 1B? - Further down the hall.
Jan Bublanski.
- How are you? - Splendid.
I'll find a place where we can talk uninterrupted.
- How is Miriam Wu? - They're still examining her.
She looks like me. It wasn't her they were after.
It was Lisbeth Salander.
The whole story has to do with a man called Zala.
Dag Svensson linked him to the murder of a prostitute: Irina.
And Bjurman? It makes sense that Dag Svensson was silenced-
-But who killed Salanders' guardian?
I don't have all the pieces.
But the only reasonable solution is a link between Zala and Bjurman.
You lied to me the last time I was here.
Did I?
You and Bjurman worked at the security police in the 70's.
You pretended not to know him.
Why would I tell you who I worked with?
Do you know who Zala is?
- You know who it is, then? - I didn't say that.
What're you looking for?
He's on Dag Svenson's list, one of those that interested him.
If I know anything about Zala-
-What's it worth to you?
It depends on what you know.
Can you imagine forgeting me in your story?
Okay, what do you want then?
Half. 200,000. Cash.
All right. I don't have the money here, but we'll go and fetch it.
- When? - Now, in an instant.
I'll go and get it.
- How'd it go? - What?
What do you mean?
Bjurmans summerhouse that you went to burn down.
We ... we just ... We didn't do it yet, actually.
Didn't have time?
We'll fix it right now. Then we'll fetch your money.
We'll be here with news shortly. All right?
I'll wait here.
What the hell? It's the little Salander-bitch.
Damn, we've been looking for you.
Not even your flat mate knew where you were.
That's what she said anyway. Isn't that so, Magge?
Sure enough, right?
I think she needs some cock.
Come on.
Move over, fucking freak.
Damn! What are you doing?
Damn ...
Today's first task is to identify the blonde burly man,
-and his bald buddy, who abducted Miriam Wu.
Today's second task is to go through the list of customers-
-That were on the murdered journalist Dag Svenson's computer.
Sonja, you lead the work. Niklas assists.
A third task is-
check one unknown man named Zala.
It's your task, Faste. Search assistance from the investigation team ...
Wait.
- What are you doing? - What do you mean?
- Focus must be on Lisbeth Salander. - We follow every lead.
Do you think the psychiatric assessment of Lisbeth Salander is a joke?
She's associated with the murder weapon.
She's a hooker, same as Wu.
She's involved in a lesbian sex cult.
You're obsessed with the gay angle. It's not very professional.
But to ignore the fact that Salander's a mental case is professional?
- What the hell? - Enough!
Did you have anything more?
We must do something about Paolo Roberto. If the media finds out ...
All right.
Which of you is leaking?
Who?
Journalist Tony Scala has received information about Miriam Wu from the police.
That's not true!
The article describes the source as a "she".
The journalists know of Paolo Roberto's role in the investigation.
It's not me.
I can't prove that it's you, Modig, but I don't trust you.
She says she hasn't leaked it.
- I'd take you off it, immediately. - She's an experienced investigator.
Take the rest of the week. You get new information on Monday.
Sonja.
Until further notice, you're still in the investigation under my command.
Go to Millennium and meet with Mikael Blomkvist.
Have him walk you through Dag Svenson's hard drive.
- I haven't talked to Niklas. - I'll take care of it.
Well ... then ...
Yes.
The fire is out now.
They brought us a specially trained police dog to find if there's someone among the ruins.
- Did you find something? - No.
But when we had a break, for the dog to rest-
-The dog handler released him and the dog selected a spot.
We dug there and found a corpse which was cut into five of six parts.
With a chainsaw?
Could it be dismembered with a chainsaw?
Paolo Roberto said that Miriam was threatened with a chainsaw.
I haven't looked that close. We've just started excavating the site.
I'll send Niklas. You can probably still use help.
Niklas?
Hey, Niklas. Tony here.
I was just checking if you have something more ...
- Tony Scala? - What?
I was going to start with those which Dag didn't have time to confront.
Then we can do the following.
Sten Falström, done. He's done.
Karl Pettersson, done. Per Åke Sandström.
He's been confronted by Dag, so we'll expose him.
And the guy from the security police force? Björck?
What about the connection between him and Bjurman? What about this Zala?
I'm not completely finished with Björck.
- Björck. - Blomkvist here. You never called.
What do you want?
Tomorrow I'm holding a press conference regarding the murders of Dag and Mia,
I'll give details about our article series on the sex trade,
and you're the only customer I'll expose.
- You promised to give me time. - Yes, but I changed my mind.
If you hold a press conference, you'll never know anything about Zala.
It's not my problem anymore.
Then you talk to the police and the rest of the media.
Wait a minute, now.
I wanted to arrest and prosecute Niklas, but Ekstrom didn't dare.
- What will happen to him? - We kicked him out.
He said he did it for money.
- He had a tough time financially. - He's renovating the house.
He calls Tony Scala five minutes after the morning meeting.
Shortly after, Scala went online with all of it.
You're officially back on the case, Sonja.
But don't expect any apologies from prosecutor Ekstrom.
I don't want to talk crap about managers, but he can go to hell.
His name's really Zalachenko, but he's called Zala.
Who is he? Where'd you find him?
- This isn't a person you want to find. - I want to find him.
- Actually, he isn't. - What?
What I'm about to tell you now is top secret.
You understand it's important to me that you guarantee source protection.
I've already done that.
Zalachenko was born in 1940, in what was then the Soviet Union.
Both parents died during the war.. I assume you know what GRU was?
Yes, military intelligence.
He made a career there. Speaks six languages fluently.
Expert in camouflage and survival techniques.
And he was allowed to stay?
Never before had an operation's chief for one of GRU's elite commands
deserted to Sweden.
What about Bjurman? Where does he enter the picture?
We were young back then. What were we? 25? 30?
Not really qualified to handle someone like Zalachenko.
He came to us on election day in '76.
Hardly a soul to be found at the police station.
Everybody had time off or was on guard tasks for the election.
I was the officer in charge, and considered it a common immigration matter.
I brought Bjurman as a caseworker.
It was pure coincidence that Bjurman became involved in Zalachenkos' affairs.
-Random? -Yes, indeed.
"Praktvindel." (Beach Moonflower)
-What? - That's what it's called.
- Where's Zalachenko today? - I don't know.
I had his case until 1985. Then I received other tasks.
You gave him a new identity and a Swedish name. What is it?
- That I won't tell you. - Come on.
You wanted to know who Zala is.
I'm not saying more until I know you're true to your word.
I believe Zalachenko committed three murders, and the police are hunting the wrong person.
- Why isn't Salander the murderer? - I believe Zalachenko did it.
You're mistaken.
Zala hasn't murdered anyone. He's 69 and somewhat disabled.
Walks around on crutches. He hasn't been running around shooting people.
If he wants to commit murder, he'll have to order welfare transport.
I hope I won't have to see my name in your paper now.
So you want to convince me that Lisbeth Salander showed up here-
And single-handedly beat up Svavelsjö MC?
Yes. Her coach was Paolo Roberto.
Magnus "Magge" Lundin's been shot in the foot-
has injuries to the face with a broken nose bone-
And two knocked-out teeth.
Moreover, he seems to have sharp pains in the abdomen.
- And the second, Nieminen? - He seems completely unharmed.
But the witness there who sounded the alarm, saw him lying unconscious on the ground.
Magge Lundin has a proper keg and is bald.
One of Miriam Wus' abductors was both bald and had a beer belly.
Mm.
- You're certainly not lazy. - No.
I've just met Gunnar Björck.
Is he ready? Can we talk to him?
- No, not at this time. - What do you mean?
- I'll explain it later. - When are you coming? Sonja Modig is here.
She wants us to help them, to go through all the materials.
- I will after I meet someone. - A customer? - No
He's agreed to meet you.
But if he doesn't like you, he throws you out head first.
You cannot interview him, or write about it in the media.
Who are you to say you're a friend of Lisbeth Salander?
My name is Mikael Blomkvist.
I know you've been bothered by journalists-
-But I'm not going to interview you.
I'm there for Lisbeth's sake.
I don't think Lisbeth Salander has anything to do with the killings.
I believe that a man named Zalachenko is behind them.
Sit down.
Zalachenko.
- Alexander Zalachenko. - You know who he is?
He's Lisbeths' father.
As we discussed, I think it's important that the child's given away to ...
Thanks for your letter. I totally agree with you.
The medical assessment reveals the child's psychiatric illness.
... To avoid her creating problems ...
I suggest that she be admitted in St. Stephen.
And don't worry about it. I take full responsibility..
Best regards Peter Teleborian. Uppsala on 11 March 1993.
Lisbeth's mother's name was ...
... Agneta Sjölander.
She was only 17 when Zalachenko met her.
But they never married.
When Lisbeth was born, her mother changed her name-
-from Sjölander to Salander.
It was like a marker that they belonged together.
What do you mean?
Zala - Salander.
Amen, what the hell ...
Zalachenko was seldom home.
The others hardly knew where he went.
But he showed up in between at the apartment in Lundagatan.
But every time this happened:
He got drunk, abused the mother.
Forced her to have sex. Then he disappeared.
This happened dozens of times.
The municipality should have intervened, but they did nothing.
Not until 1993.
What happened then?
Please, sit down.
Yes, yes.
Lisbeth was 12 then.
Zalachenko was on his way.
Lisbeth was terrified that her mother would get hurt.
She flew from school.
Zalachenko laughed when Lisbeth found her mother-
-Who lay unconscious on the kitchen floor.
He went out and got in his car
But Lisbeth ran after him.
She threw a milk carton with gasoline in the car.
And then a burning match.
Oh my God.
A man sitting in the car and burning like a torch.
And this time it had consequences.
Lisbeth was taken to St. Stephen's psychiatric ward in Uppsala
Her mother was admitted to the hospital during those few years she had left.
She never recovered.
- About her having psychiatric problems... - Peter Teleborian.
He got her admitted to psychiatric care.
It's time for dinner now, Holger.
Yes, I'll help here.
Mikael.
We can at least be consistent about one thing:
Lisbeth is no ordinary person.
-Have you played chess with her? -No.
-She has a photographic memory. -Yes, I know it.
- There's something you don't know. - What?
About Reine.
Violent and sudden death. Starring: Stockholm. In "After Snack".
A 35 year old male was shot today in a cabin area.
Taken to the hospital, his condition isn't critical.
Police said that the shooting might be linked to...
...murders in the suburbs, Enskede and Gärdet, Stockholm.
The police held a press conference during the night-
-And we'll have more information in our later broadcasts.
We have a couple of traffic reports from Radio Stockholm.
Emergency vehicles are on their way from Södertäje to Svävelsjö.
We're asking all motorist to pay extra attention.
There must've been an agreement between Teleborian and Björck.
A cooperation.
But why've you not acted for all these years?
When I became a trustee for Lisbeth she was just another in a series-
-Among all the other boys and girls who had problems.
Teleborian explained that Lisbeth was psychotic-
And got the best possible care at St. Stephen's.
I believed him, of course.
And Björk?
He wanted her locked up.
I fought for her.
I didn't want her locked up in an institution all her life, no.
The compromise was that she was legally incapacitated-
And I became her guardian.
Don't blame yourself. You're one of the few who've stood up for her.
One can understand that she has difficulty with authorities and psychologists.
It just becomes worse and worse.
When you had your stroke ...
Do you think it was a coincidence that Bjurman became her manager?
-No. -No. I don't either.
There have been wild speculations in the media about Paolo Roberto's role.
We can expect a lot of questions about connections criss-crossed.
Therefore we must focus on Lisbeth Salander, and the search for her.
We can ask for tips from the public on where Salander is-
-So we can make headway.
Hello.
Alexander Zalachenko. Does the name ring a bell?
- No. The press conference is about to start. - He also calls himself Zala.
Alexander Zalachenko is Lisbeth Salander's father.
She assaulted him with a fire bomb in 1993,
It was investigated not by the regular police, but by the security police.
- Why? - Because Zalachenko worked for them.
He wasn't identified, so officially he doesn't exist.
- He's not listed in any public records. - And how do you know this?
You will find the old case file, it's in there somewhere.
I think it can lead us to ZaIachenko.
I'm convinced he's got something to do with the murders in Enskede.
Most likely the murder of solicitor Bjurman as well.
Unlike Lisbeth Salander?
- Her fingerprints are on the weapon. - I know it sounds peculiar.
It sounds damn strange. What has you confused about Lisbeth Salander?
Why doesn't she come forward?
Because Lisbeth is ...
She's a very private person.
I don't like that you're constantly trying to create a lead.
We have enough problems. We'll solve this case without private investigators.
Is there a link between the gunfire in the cabin area-
-Paolo Roberto, and the kidnapping of Miriam Wu?
No, there's no indication at this stage-
-That Salander was present at the kidnapping attempt of Miriam Wu.
Yes?
Is Lisbeth still a danger to her surroundings?
She's shot a person, She's armed.
Mostly, we want to get hold of her.
Do you know who's behind the kidnapping of Miriam?
We'll pass on that question to lead investigator Bublanski.
A man involved in this morning's shooting incident-
-was possibly the driver during a previous kidnapping attempt.
- The man who was shot? - No comment.
The one who assaulted Miriam Wu and Paolo Roberto...
...left no traces.
And you have no description of him?
We've had this drawing made.
It's based on witness descriptions.
A large, muscular male around 35-40 years old.
Built like a body builder. Short, blonde hair.
The drawing will be made available to everybody after the press conference.
Auto Express, Södertälje.
My name is Gunilla Hansson. My dog's been hit.
According to the registration number, the asshole who drove rented the car from you.
I want the name of that idiot.
-Have you filed a police report? -No.
I can't disclose the name if you haven't reported it to the police.
He's run my dog over.
Sorry. You must notify the police and come back. Okay?
Damn it!
Police informed that they haven't apprehended the 28 year old woman,
-That after the shooting in the cabin area-
-Outside Strangnas fled on a motorcycle.
According to information available, it might be gang related.
They have no fucking clue!
Bublanski didn't listen. They're locked in on one single lead.
If the police apprehend Lisbeth, anything can happen.
- Where are you going? - Home.
- Should I come with? - No, I wouldn't be pleasant company at the moment.
You don't have to be.
I know who Zalachenko is.
I've talked to Palmgren, and see Teleborians role-
And why it was so important to lock you in the hospital.
I think I know who killed Dag and Mia.
I still don't understand Bjurmans' role. Please let me know. We can solve this.
Thank you for being my friend.
It's me. Okay?
Okay?
Did he look like this?
He was horrible. A real monster.
Damn. Damn, sorry.
It was you they were after. You know that, right?
What have you done?
Paolo said Mikael Blomkvist contacted him to find you.
- What is there between you two? - I have to go.
- Where are you going? - There's something I have to finish.
Damn, Lisbeth ...!
There was a lady in here.
A short blonde, she left.
I'll bring you something to help you sleep. I'll be right back.
I should've done it a long time ago.
Inside. Inside!
Stop!
I want to see your records of rented cars.
- They're on the computer. - Turn it on.
Come on. Come on.
Quiet.
Open the closet.
Give me your cell phone.
Go inside the closet. And I won't have to hurt you.
Is it all right there?
- Where do you keep your rental contracts? - In a folder on the shelf.
I've found what I was looking for and I'll just go.
I need to rent a car from you.
A blue Golf.
What does it cost per day?
345
I put 10,000 here.
You'll get your car back.
- Hello? - Hello, it's Miriam, Miriam Wu.
Can you stop by the hospital?
- So she's been here? When? - A few hours ago.
Did she say where she was going?
No ... No, Lisbeth doesn't do that.
If she tracks down that monster, he'll kill her.
Here. She forgot these.
-Forgot? - No, she dropped them.
They fell out of her backpack.
I have no idea where she lives. Do you?
- How long are you staying here then? - A few weeks.
Then I'll take the train back to Paris.
I won't be here anymore.
- What is it? - Looks like a PO Box key.
Yes, good.
Thanks.
- Can you use this? - Yes, thank you.
Hello?
Lisbeth?
Gothenburg Traffic Radio. There's been an accident on Grabovägen, road F90.
The accident's caused traffic jams, and traffic's moving slowly.
The social board in Biskopsgarden requests...
support for measures against domestic violence.
It's most certainly called an apple core.
- Hey. - Hey, he beat you good.
- Is Blomkvist Around? - He's out there, playing detective.
- You want a coffee? - Yes, please.
This picture is 17 years old. His name is Ronald Niederman.
He was 18 when he was caught, so today he's 35.
- Where'd you get the picture? - Dynamic in Hamburg.
Like I told Micke, he's not worth jack shit as a boxer.
But he moved like a boxer, so somebody must've coached him.
I e-mailed several boxing gyms in Europe.
Told them what had happened and tried to describe him.
This guy has a disease.
Congenital analgesia.
- What's that? - I looked it up. A genetic defect.
Nerve synapse doesn't link and you feel no pain.
- What a golden opportunity for a boxer. - No, quite the opposite.
If you put your hand on a hot plate, it'll still burn.
If you have this disease, you'll notice that-
-when you smell burning flesh.
- Yes? - Hi, this is Malin.
- Paolo has identified the blonde. - Good.
- Where are you? - It's a bit hard to say.
- You sound strange. - What'd you say?
Paolo knows who the blonde boxer is.
- His name is Niederman. - Great. Do you have the address?
All we have is a 17 year old picture from Hamburg, Germany.
Hello? Micke?
Try to find him in the phone book. I'm on my cell phone. Good bye.
Will you be good to me?
If you're good to me ...
... Then I'll be good to you.
It's Malin again. I think I have something now.
There's no Ronald Niederman in Sweden's public records.
But in '98 a shareholder company was registered...
...called KKAB Import.
-Mike? -Yes, go.
- Is everything okay? - No, it's not okay. Continue.
The Chairman of the Board is named Karl Axel Bodin, born in 1944.
The third member of the Board is a man named R. Niederman.
He was born on 18th of January, 1973 and he ...
- Do you have an address? - Yes.
Karl Axel Bodin is registered in Western Sweden -
with address PO Box 612 in Gosseberga.
"Men who buy sex" ...
- Nice. Damn nice. - It is.
- Erika? - Hi. Where've you been?
- Come! - What is it?
Zala is Lisbeth's father.
An old Soviet assassin from GRU who defected in 1976.
Now he's into trafficking, weapons, drugs, humans.
- Did he Murder Dag and Mia? - He probably sent someone.
Maybe Ronald Niederman, the man traced by Malin.
We have to tell the police.
Bublanski won't listen to us.
I think Niederman is somewhere north of Gothenburg.
If Malin can trace him, so can Lisbeth.
- Lisbeth chases after Zalachenko. - I don't like it.
Lisbeth is wanted for triple murder.
The police calls the National Response Team and then anything can happen.
We should keep the cops off it.
We can't keep information from the police in the middle of a murder investigation.
That's not what we're doing. I want to ask you for a favor.
This is Björck's report from 1993.
It contains elements of Björck and Teleborians correspondence about Lisbeth.
Can you make a few copies and send the original to Bublanski?
I'm leaving for Gothenburg.
I must find her before the police and stand by her side.
I owe her that.
Be careful! Mikael, really...
- That's for you. - Thanks.
Do you think Dag would've been satisfied with this?
Do you believe it?
It feels so unfair that he didn't live to see this published.
After all the hard work he did.
Cheers ... for Dag.
Cheers to Mia.
- To Dag and Mia. - We need more like them.
Hi, Dad.
- Yes? - Bublanski and Modig are here.
They just read the report about Salander from '93.
Now they want Björck's address. Can we give it to them?
They can find it themselves.
How hard can it be? They're the fucking police.
Let me speak to him.
Blomkvist, I think it's best that you come in and give us a formal testimony.
I don't have time. I'm not in Stockholm.
Where are you?
Remember that I'm a private snoop and I don't understand jack shit.
Don't be childish. I'm also doubting Salander's guilt.
Can I talk to Erika again.
-Yes? -Give them Björcks address.
I'm turning my cell phone off now. I don't want to be traced. Good bye.
I've been watching you go by, four times.
I didn't think you'd venture out.
You set off every alarm on the farm.
Motion detectors?
Yes. Two in the courtyard and four in the meadow.
You look like shit.
But you have my eyes.
Does it hurt?
No.
I've given you some thought over the years.
About every time I see myself in the mirror.
You should've left my mother alone.
Your mother ... Your mother was a whore.
No, she sat at the counter of the local store and tried to make ends meet.
You can believe what the hell you want about your mom.
But she was a whore.
If you'd let things be ... I wouldn't have bothered.
I hated you.
- But I've forgiven you. - Bullshit.
Bjurman hired you to kill me.
It was a different story. It was a pure business deal.
You had a movie he wanted.
And I'm running a small business.
Did he really rape you?
Damn, what a bad taste he must've had.
Maybe I should ask Niedermann to give you a ride. You need it.
What are you doing there by yourself?
Sit!
Sit down, or I'll shoot you like a dog.
Why don't I give you a ride?
It would be ...
... Perverse.
- Where did you get that freak? - You haven't figured it out?
They claimed you're a really good researcher.
Apparently not.
Niederman helped me when I was convalescent after your incendiary deed.
Nowadays, it's a partnership. He's my ...
Haven't you guessed who Niederman is?
He's your brother.
-What? -Or rather, your half-brother.
The result of a recreational incident a long time ago in Germany.
Your last.
Did Niederman shoot Bjurman, too? Why?
Bjurman was an idiot and had papers that belonged to me.
And he was one of very few poeple who knew my background.
I couldn't trust that he would keep his mouth shut.
Especially not when journalists began meddling in our affairs.
It was too much.
Bjurman was stupid enough to tell us-
-That he had a gun. A gun with fingerprints.
Your fingerprints.
You shouldn't have touched the gun, Lisbeth.
You made too many mistakes. The police will identify you.
Oh, I'm scared.
No, I haven't shot anyone.
They can identify who the hell they want.
I'm just an old, wounded invalid.
It was the intelligence service who got you hospitalized.
And they wouldn't put all the cards on the table.
You'll still be the prime suspect for all the murders.
Ready?
Perhaps I should say something.
But I have nothing to say to you.
That's okay. Neither do I.
Let's get it over with.
Fortunately, I managed to catch you red handed. The police will come tonight.
Bullshit.
I was waiting for you to make a bluff.
You just came here to kill me. You haven't talked to anybody.
Can I show you something?
Everything you said the last hour has gone out on the web.
Can I see?
No, this isn't one of those.
Idiot!
What are you waiting for?
Back straight, dammit.
Come here. Come here!
It's me.
Lisbeth ...
Thank you.