The Kingdom (1994)
November 24, 1994Release Date
The Kingdom (1994)
November 24, 1994Release Date













Plot.
Where to Watch.
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

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

Ole Reim
Producer
Media.

Details.
Release DateNovember 24, 1994
Original NameRiget
StatusReleased
Running Time4h 33m
Budget$1,500,000
Genres
Last updated:
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 and 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.
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