Millennium Wins 2011 International Emmy for Best TV Mini-Series

The winners of the International Emmy Awards were announced yesterday, and the six-part Swedish made-for-television adaptation of Stieg Larsson's trilogy of Swedish thrillers, Millennium, was honored as Best TV Movie/Mini-Series.

Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace reprise their roles from the Swedish-language film adaptations of the books in this mini-series, which consists of six 90-minute episodes and originally aired during March and April 2010 on SVT1. The storylines from all three books — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest — were included. At 540 minutes, the mini-series is almost two hours longer than the combined length of the films, with the additional screen time devoted to further developing the characters and plot.