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The Kingdom is a state of the art hospital which hides a dark secret... For underneath the corridors spirits are stirring...
Product Identifiers
ProducerOle Reim
EAN5028836032014
eBay Product ID (ePID)102378841
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleThe Kingdom
DirectorLars Von Trier
LanguageDanish
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
Run Time573 Mins
Release Year2011
FormatDVD
FeaturesOriginal broadcast versions of both series one and two\Selected commentaries\Transformer: Portrait of Lars von Trier\In Lars Von Trier's Kingdom\Behind-the-scenes\TV commercials, With Subtitles
GenreHorror/Occult, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureDenmark
ComposerJoachim Holbek
Production DesignerJette Lehmann
Additional InformationDirector Lars von Trier puts his mischievous mind to work once again, this time creating a bizarre, humourous, and suspenseful tale about a Danish hospital that is haunted by ancient spirits. Copenhagen's largest hospital is nicknamed the Kingdom, and there are many odd things happening inside of it. The strange members of the medical staff have to contend with--not only such heinous matters as murder and malpractice--but also occurrences linked to the occult and the supernatural. When a hypochondriac patient--who also happens to be the mother of one of the staff's employees--begins to see the ghost of a young girl who is trying to tell her something, she unsuccessfully tries to convince the staff that she isn't delusional. It isn't until each individual begins to experience mysterious episodes for themselves that the Kingdom starts to collapse. And when a female doctor becomes pregnant, the fetus's alarming growth rate forces her to give birth prematurely, bringing the spirits to life. Filmed for Danish television, von Trier's quirky drama builds in tension up to its shocking finale.
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...[A] slice of Danish surrealism....Haunt[s] like a vivid dream." -- Rating: B, New York Times - ...The film never forsakes its tone of deadpan earnestness....A prolonged tongue-in-cheek assault on film and television realism and ultimately on rationality itself..., Sight and Sound - ...As colourful a collection of oddballs as you could wish to see..., Premiere - ...The left-field extravaganza of the year....Adroit as well as funny..., Film Comment - ...[THE KINGDOM] shows that Trier has the sharpest, blackest sense of humor in modern Europe...
ScreenwriterTomas Gislason, Lars von Trier
AuthorNiels Vorsel, Lars von Trier
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorJacob Thuesen, Molly Malene Steensgaard
Movie/TV TitleThe Kingdom
Director of PhotographyEric Kress
Consumer AdviceContains infrequent strong horror and medical gore