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A baptism of fear awaits you. - The Kingdom
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Title: The Kingdom

Release Date: 24 Nov 1994

Runtime: 4h 33m

Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Director: Greco, La Sept-Arte, DR, 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

Production Companies: Greco, La Sept-Arte, DR, 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

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.8 (248 votes)

Cast

  • Stig Helmer: Ernst-Hugo Järegård
  • Sigrid Drusse: Kirsten Rolffes
  • Einar Moesgaard: Holger Juul Hansen
  • Jørgen Krogshøj: Søren Pilmark
  • Rigmor Mortensen: Ghita Nørby
  • Bulder Harly Drusse: Jens Okking
  • Hansen: Otto Brandenburg
  • Mary Krüger: Annevig Schelde Ebbe
  • Palle Bondo: Baard Owe
  • Judith Petersen: Birgitte Raaberg
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