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The Kingdom II

The Kingdom II

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 1, 1997

Runtime

4h 57m

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

User Score

75%

Original Title

Riget II

Production Companies

DR, Greco, La Sept-Arte, Zentropa Entertainments, ARTE, Coproduction Office, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film i Väst, Liberator Productions, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), Nordisk Film & TV Fond, NRK, RAI, SVT, SVT Malmö, TV Collaboration Fund, WDR

Director

Lars von Trier

Description

Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.