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
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Cast & Crew.
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Stig Helmer
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigrid Drusse
Holger Juul Hansen
Einar Moesgaard
Søren Pilmark
Jørgen Krogshøj
Ghita Nørby
Rigmor Mortensen
Jens Okking
Bulder Harly Drusse
Otto Brandenburg
Hansen
Annevig Schelde Ebbe
Mary Krüger
Baard Owe
Palle Bondo
Birgitte Raaberg
Judith Petersen
Peter Mygind
Morten 'Mogge' Moesgaard
Vita Jensen
Watcher #1
Morten Rotne Leffers
Watcher #2
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Camilla
Udo Kier
Age Krüger / Lillebror
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
Laura Christensen
Mona Jensen
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
Ole Emil Riisager
Narrator (uncredited)
Lars von Trier
Self (uncredited) / Director / Screenplay
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)
Bjarne Nilsson
Costume Design
Peter Christian Hansen
Sound
Kristian Eidnes Andersen
Sound Effects Editor
Annelise Bailey
Wardrobe Supervisor
Hans Møller
Sound Editor
Kim Olsson
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Ib Tardini
Co-Producer
Philippe Bober
Associate Producer
Jette Lehmann
Production Design
Svend Abrahamsen
Executive Producer
Søren Buus
Visual Effects
Birthe Lyngsøe
Makeup Artist
Lis Olsson
Special Effects Makeup Artist / Makeup Artist
Bo Lindquist
Production Manager
Per Streit
Sound Editor
Torben Bækmark Pedersen
Property Master
Niels Fly
Special Effects
Niels Skovgaard
Special Effects
Gadou Naudin
Foley Artist
Henrik Dithmer
Still Photographer
Charlotte Pedersen
Production Secretary
Henrik Harpelund
Steadicam Operator
Erik Thal-Jantzen
Assistant Camera
Joachim Holbek
Original Music Composer
Kaj Larsen
Gaffer
Sophie Ljungblom
Assistant Editor
Vibeke Aagaard
Production Secretary
Benny Jensen
Boom Operator
Bo Ehrhardt
Post-Production Manager / Assistant Production Manager
Morten Arnfred
Director
Katrine Bonfils
Props / Assistant Property Master
Leif Petersen
Grip
Janus Billeskov Jansen
Creative Consultant
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Executive Producer
Deni Jordan
Stunts
Søren Schwartzberg
Props / Assistant Property Master
Ingrid Høybye
Production Assistant
Henrik Capetillo
Lighting Technician
Morten Nybø
Gaffer
Hans-Peter Ludvigsen
Stunts
Tove Jystrup
Assistant Production Manager / Post-Production Manager
Ole Pedersen
Assistant Camera
Jan Iversen
Property Master
Frans Rasmussen
Conductor
Molly Malene Stensgaard
Editor
Eric Kress
Director of Photography
Jacob Thuesen
Editor
Niels Vørsel
Screenplay
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 1994
Original NameRiget
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 33m
Budget$1,500,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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 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 on Nordic 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.