Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 275 min
- Language
- Danish
- Country
- Denmark, Sweden
- Frights
- Strong
Why tonight?
- A long one. Start it early, and give it the whole evening.
- It goes hard on frights — not a wind-down.
- In Danish — subtitles on.
The story
At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A ghostly ambulance appears and disappears, the voice of a little girl calls to a patient in an elevator shaft, and a doctor's fetus begins growing at an alarming rate.
- dark comedy
- down syndrome
- hospital
- supernatural horror
- greek chorus
- medical horror
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Stig Helmer
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigrid Drusse
Holger Juul Hansen
Einar Moesgaard
Søren Pilmark
Jørgen Krogshøj
- Ghita Nørby — Rigmor Mortensen
- Jens Okking — Bulder Harly Drusse
- Otto Brandenburg — Hansen
- Annevig Schelde Ebbe — Mary Krüger
- Baard Owe — Palle Bondo
- Birgitte Raaberg — Judith Petersen
- Peter Mygind — Morten 'Mogge' Moesgaard
- Vita Jensen — Watcher #1
- Morten Rotne Leffers — Watcher #2
- Solbjørg Højfeldt — Camilla
- Udo Kier — Age Krüger / Lillebror
- Directed
- Lars von Trier
- Written
- Lars von Trier, Niels Vørsel
Production
- Rating
- 7.8 / 10 · 260 ratings
- Studio
- DR, SVT
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1994 · You’re hereThe Kingdom
Where it starts.
The Kingdom II
1998
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
