The Kingdom

A baptism of fear awaits you.

Riget (1994)

Timing: 4:37 (277 min)

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Release date

1994-11-24

Country

Denmark, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Norway, Netherlands

Production

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

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Budget

$1 500 000

Revenue

$83 381 000

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Director

Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred

Actors

Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Søren Pilmark, Ghita Nørby, Jens Okking, Otto Brandenburg, Annevig Schelde Ebbe, Baard Owe, Birgitte Raaberg
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Producer

Michael Thomassen, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Svend Abrahamsen

Operator

Eric Kress

Composer

Joachim Holbek

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Editing

Molly Malene Stensgaard, Jacob Thuesen
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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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