The Kingdom (1994)

Review: The Kingdom (1994)

Director: Lars von Trier

Cast: Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Søren Pilmark, Ghita Nørby,

Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Kirsten Rolffes
Kirsten Rolffes
Holger Juul Hansen
Holger Juul Hansen
Søren Pilmark
Søren Pilmark
Ghita Nørby
Ghita Nørby

Plot: Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget", a number of characters, staff and patients alike, encounter bizarre phenomena, both human and supernatural.

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Ghosts, demons and cinematic experiments

Ghosts, demons and cinematic experiments

The new MUBI seven-disk set of Lars von Trier’s The Kingdom provides an opportunity to re-visit the original two seasons from 1994 and 1997 and finally see the elaborate blend of satire, soap opera and ghost story reach some kind of […]

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