Few films and television series from Scandinavia will have an instant and
spectacular success in terms of money and audiences, although a few have.
But other forms of success, such as the artistic success over
a long time building up to become an all-time classic, can be reached.
If the Millennium Trilogy is an example of the first success,
Bergman and von Trier's success is of the other kind.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo from 2009, the first in the Millennium Trilogy was,
like the rest of the films, a Swedish, Danish, German co-production.
It's based on the already international
bestseller of Swedish author Stieg Larsson and
the first film was directed by Danish Niels Arden Oplev and
the two following were directed by Swedish Daniel Alfredson.
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The story in the trilogy is clearly based on a Swedish context and plot.
And especially the female character is complex, fascinating and very special.
But nevertheless, the genre and story clearly has universal potentials.
The first film was seen by 10 to 12 million people worldwide,
based alone on cinema figures.
The following, half of that.