The Kingdom (1994)
November 24, 1994Release Date
The Kingdom (1994)
November 24, 1994Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently The Kingdom is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: MUBI
Streaming in:🇺🇸 United States
Cast & Crew.
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Stig Helmer
Holger Juul Hansen
Einar Moesgaard
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigrid Drusse
Ghita Nørby
Rigmor Mortensen
Søren Pilmark
Jørgen Krogshøj
Birgitte Raaberg
Judith Petersen
Jens Okking
Bulder Harly Drusse
Peter Mygind
Morten 'Mogge' Moesgaard
Otto Brandenburg
Hansen
Udo Kier
Age Krüger
Annevig Schelde Ebbe
Mary Krüger
Baard Owe
Palle Bondo
Laura Christensen
Mona Jensen
Ole Emil Riisager
Narrator
Vita Jensen
Opvasker #1
Morten Rotne Leffers
Opvasker #2
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Camilla
Paul Hüttel
Steenbæk
Holger Perfort
Professor Ulrich
Henrik Koefoed
Læge ved CTR-skanner
Klaus Wegener
Skadestuelæge
Louise Fribo
Sanne
Bente Eskesen
Sygeplejerske på neurokirurgisk
Julie Wieth
Sygeplejeske ved Mona
Annette Ketscher
Sygeplejeske
Birte Tove
Sygeplejerske på neurokirurgisk
Mette Marckmann
Ung sygeplejerske
Ole Boisen
Christian
Tomas Stender
Medicinstuderende
Søren Lenander
Vagt
Mette Munk Plum
Monas mor
Helle Virkner
Emma Mogensen
Müslie
Bongo
Ruth Junker
Opvasker #1 (voice)
Peter Gilsfort
Opvasker #2 (voice)
Ulrik Cold
Narrator (voice)
Søren Elung Jensen
Læge
Lars von Trier
Self (uncredited) / Screenplay / Director
Michael Simpson
Dyrepasser i dyrelaboratoriet
Dick Kaysø
Vagtmester
Finn Nielsen
Madsen
Gunnvør Nolsøe
Sygeplejerske
Solveig Sundborg
Ellen Krüger
Else Petersen
Patient på Ellens stue
Claus Strandberg
Patient til operation
Tove Maës
Fru Zakariassen
Kurt Ravn
Zakariasens søn
Svend Ali Hamann
Hypnotisør
Benny Hansen
Chauffør i radioen (voice)
Michael Moritzen
Ørelæge
Søren Hauch-Fausbøll
Portør
Thomas Bo Larsen
Falken
Søren Steen
Portør
Claus Nissen
Jensen
Morten Eisner
Mekaniker
Henning Jensen
Bob
Benny Poulsen
Læge
Lene Vasegaard
Marys mor
Lise Schrøder
Sygeplejeske
Gordon Kennedy
Dyrepasser i hospitalslaboratorium
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen
Hospitalpræst
Lars Lunøe
Sundhedsminister
Erik Wedersøe
Age Krüger (voice)
Ole Dupont
Læge
Lene Vedsegård
Gynækolog (uncredited)
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Executive Producer
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Editor
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Sound Effects Editor
Per Streit
Sound Editor
Ib Tardini
Co-Producer
Hans Møller
Sound Editor
Joachim Holbek
Original Music Composer
Eric Kress
Director of Photography
Svend Abrahamsen
Executive Producer
Philippe Bober
Associate Producer
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Creative Consultant
Jette Lehmann
Production Design
Niels Vørsel
Screenplay
Bo Ehrhardt
Post-Production Manager / Assistant Production Manager
Morten Arnfred
Director
Jacob Thuesen
Editor
Birthe Lyngsøe
Makeup Artist
Ole Reim
Producer
Tove Jystrup
Post-Production Manager / Assistant Production Manager
Hans-Peter Ludvigsen
Stunts
Henrik Capetillo
Lighting Technician
Gadou Naudin
Foley Artist
Deni Jordan
Stunts
Søren Schwartzberg
Assistant Property Master / Props
Niels Skovgaard
Special Effects
Charlotte Pedersen
Production Secretary
Morten Nybø
Gaffer
Bo Lindquist
Production Manager
Torben Bækmark Pedersen
Property Master
Peter Christian Hansen
Sound
Ingrid Høybye
Production Assistant
Henrik Harpelund
Steadicam Operator
Lis Olsson
Makeup Artist / Special Effects Makeup Artist
Kim Olsson
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Søren Buus
Visual Effects
Bjarne Nilsson
Costume Design
Annelise Bailey
Wardrobe Supervisor
Erik Thal-Jantzen
Assistant Camera
Katrine Bonfils
Assistant Property Master / Props
Jan Iversen
Property Master
Benny Jensen
Boom Operator
Niels Fly
Special Effects
Henrik Dithmer
Still Photographer
Kaj Larsen
Gaffer
Ole Pedersen
Assistant Camera
Leif Petersen
Grip
Sophie Ljungblom
Assistant Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 1994
Original NameRiget
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 37m
Budget$1,500,000
Genres
Wiki.
Riget (English title: The Kingdom) is a Danish absurdist supernatural horror miniseries trilogy created by Lars von Trier and Tómas Gislason. Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet (lit. 'The National Hospital', nicknamed "Riget", lit. 'the realm' or 'the kingdom'), each episode of the show takes place over a single day, and follows the hospital's eccentric staff and patients as they encounter bizarre and sometimes supernatural phenomena. The series is notable for its wry humor, its muted sepia colour scheme, and the appearance of a chorus of dishwashers with Down syndrome, who discuss in intimate detail the strange occurrences in the hospital. The main theme's song was written by von Trier himself.
The first series of four episodes premiered from DR in November to December 1994, and was followed by a second series, Riget II, which aired in November 1997. A belated third and final series of five episodes directed by von Trier and written by von Trier with Niels Vørsel, entitled Exodus, began filming in 2021, was screened out of competition at the Venice Film Festival and at the Serial Killer festival in September 2022, and premiered in the Nordics on streaming platform Viaplay with the first two episodes on October 9. The series premiered in select regions between November 27 and December 25 on streaming platform MUBI.Von Trier has credited David Lynch's 1990 television series Twin Peaks and the 1965 French miniseries Belphegor as inspirations for the series. The Kingdom itself inspired an American series, Kingdom Hospital, developed by novelist Stephen King; the American version aired on ABC between March and July 2004, and was cancelled after a single season.