The Kingdom II - 2-DVD Set ( Riget II ) ( Hospital der Geister - The Kingdom 2 )

The Kingdom II - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$20.99

Original Title: Riget II
Alternate Title: Hospital der Geister - The Kingdom 2
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Romanian ( Subtitles )
Serbian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Denmark ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
278 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Music Video
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1997 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
France ( France, Benelux )
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Norway ( Scandinavia, Iceland )
Sweden ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Morten Arnfred
Lars von Trier

Written By:
Niels Vørsel
Lars von Trier

Actors:
Ernst-Hugo Järegård ..... Stig Helmer
Peter Mygind ..... Mogge
Kirsten Rolffes ..... Sigrid Drusse
Holger Juul Hansen ..... Dr. Moesgaard
Søren Pilmark ..... Krogshøj
Ghita Nørby ..... Rigmor Mortensen
Jens Okking ..... Bulder
Ole Boisen ..... Christian
Birthe Neumann ..... Mrs. Svendsen
Otto Brandenburg ..... Hansen
Erik Wedersøe ..... Ole
Baard Owe ..... Prof. Palle Bondo
Birgitte Raaberg ..... Judith Bang Petersen
Henning Jensen ..... Bob
Nis Bank-Mikkelsen ..... Priest #1
Michelle Bjørn-Andersen ..... Pediatrician
Laura Christensen ..... Mona
Ulrik Cold ..... Narrator (voice)
Annevig Schelde Ebbe ..... Mary
Jannie Faurschou ..... Orthopedist
Henrik Fiig ..... Car Crash Victim
Claus Flygare ..... Detective Nielsen
Louise Fribo ..... Susanne Jeppesen -- Sanne
Vera Gebuhr ..... Gerda
Peter Gilsfort ..... Dishwasher 2 (voice)
John Hahn-Petersen ..... Nivesen
Mette Hald ..... Cross Girl
Peter Hartmann ..... Removal Man
Solbjørg Højfeldt ..... Camilla
Anders Hove ..... Celebrant
Paul Hüttel ..... Dr. Steenbaek
Kim Jansson ..... Detective Jensen
Birger Jensen ..... Rengøringsmand
Søren Elung Jensen ..... Man in Top Hat
Vita Jensen ..... Dish washer 1
Ruth Junker ..... Dishwasher 1 (voice)
Annette Ketscher ..... Nurse -- Casualty
Udo Kier ..... Lillebror/Aage Krüger
Thomas Bo Larsen ..... Falken
Morten Rotne Leffers ..... Dish Washer 2
Britta Lillesøe ..... Woman in Bed
Hanne Løvendahl ..... Patient
Lars Lunøe ..... Minister of Health
Timm Mehrens ..... Doctor -- Operating Theater
Tine Miehe-Renard ..... Night Nurse
Bjarne G. Nielsen ..... Hospital Pastor -- New
Claus Nissen ..... Madsen
Klaus Pagh ..... Bailiff
Holger Perfort ..... Professor Ulrich
Dorit Stender Petersen ..... Assisting nurse
Mette Munk Plum ..... Mona's Mother
Lise Schrøder ..... Nurse 2
Fash Shodeinde ..... Philip Marco
Michael Simpson ..... Man from Haiti
Stellan Skarsgård ..... Stig Helmer's lawyer
Jens Jørn Spottag ..... Attorney Bisgaard
Tomas Stender ..... Student
Steen Svare ..... Man in Overalls
Birte Tove ..... Nurse 1
Helle Virkner ..... Fru Mortensen
Lars von Trier ..... Himself
Klaus Wegener ..... Doctor -- Casualty
Julie Wieth ..... Pediatric Nurse
Philip Zandén ..... Dr. Jönsson
Torben Zeller ..... Crematorium Functionary

Synopsis:

Morten Arnfred and Lars von Trier's second chapter in the ongoing Danish television series The Kingdom chronicles the further misadventures of the staff and patients of an ultramodern Copenhagen hospital located atop an ancient, haunted swamp. The film opens with Judith (Birgitte Raaberg) giving birth to her mutant child (Udo Kier). Dr. Stig Helmer (Ernst-Hugo Järegård) is coming under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient brain dead, and beginning to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse (Kirsten Rolffes) finally does have something bad happen to her medically when an ambulance hits her. This is supposedly the second of a planned three-part story.

All hell literally begins to break loose in The Kingdom II, the second absorbing installment of Lars von Trier's acclaimed Danish TV miniseries. Though The Kingdom II doesn't have quite the same evocatively foreboding atmosphere of The Kingdom (1994), von Trier picks up the pace, weaving together twice as many story lines and increasing the presence of previously minor characters. Everyone is nuttier, including Ernst-Hugo Jaregard's pompous Dr. Helmer, and the central conflict between mysticism and science is more melodramatic, comical, and grotesque; von Trier almost out-Lynches David Lynch with a giant baby akin to the mutant in Eraserhead (1978). The handheld camera still glides and skips through the sepia-toned hospital like the spirits that dog Mrs. Drusse, while a green, iris-like filter now creepily suggests the nearness of the ultimate demon. Upping the spiritual stakes, The Kingdom II ends with a cliffhanger pointing to a decisive Christmas Day showdown between Good and Evil, even though, as the director puckishly informs the audience, the two must always coexist. With The Kingdom II as well received as its predecessor, von Trier was set to shoot the final chapter in 1998, but Jaregard's death that same year left the project, and the fictional hospital, in limbo.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 18 October, 2006.

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