The Kingdom (1994)

1h 8m
Running Time

3
Seasons

13
Episodes

November 24, 1994
Release Date

TV
IMDb ratings
8.2
The Kingdom

The Kingdom (1994)

1h 8m
Running Time

3
Seasons

13
Episodes

November 24, 1994
Release Date

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Nordisk Film & TV FondSVTFilm i VästWestdeutscher RundfunkRAIDet Danske FilminstitutARTEDanmarks Radio (DR)DR1ViaplayNederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)NRKCoproduction OfficeGinger PicturesBNP Paribas FortisZentropa International SwedenMEDIA Programme of the European Union
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Plot.

The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.

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Details.

Release Date
November 24, 1994

Original Name
Riget

Status
Ended

Seasons
3

Episodes
13

Running Time
1h 8m

Content Rating
TV-MA

Genres

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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.

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