The Kingdom - Series One (DVD, 2008, Canadian) 
The Kingdom - Series One (DVD, 2008, Canadian)
Leading Role: Ernst-Hugo Jaregard
Director: Lars von Trier
Rating: Not Rated
Release Date: May 2008
Format: DVD
Additional Info: Canadian
UPC: 774212207334
Product ID: EPID71792402
Description: Director Lars von Trier puts his mischievous mind to work once again, this time creating a bizarre, humorous, and suspenseful tale about a Danish hospital that is haunted by ancient spirits. Copenhagen's largest hospital is nicknamed the...
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Movie Description
Director Lars von Trier puts his mischievous mind to work once again, this time creating a bizarre, humorous, 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 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. Filmed for Danish television in four separate hour-long episodes--"The Unheavenly Host," "Thy Kingdom Come," "The Living Dead," and "A Foreign Body"--von Trier's quirky drama builds in tension up to its shocking finale.

Credits
Producer:Ole Reim
Cast:Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Kirsten Rolffes

Details
Edition:Canadian

Editorial Reviews
"...As colourful a collection of oddballs as you could wish to see..."
Sight and Sound - p.43-4 - Geoffrey Macnab

"...[A] slice of Danish surrealism....Haunt[s] like a vivid dream." -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly - p.71 - Tim Purtell

"...The left-field extravaganza of the year....Adroit as well as funny..."
Premiere - p.32 - J. Hoberman

"...[THE KINGDOM] shows that Trier has the sharpest, blackest sense of humor in modern Europe..."
Film Comment - p.80-1 - Harlan Kennedy

"...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..."
New York Times - p.C6 - Stephen Holden

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