Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 280 min
- Language
- Danish
- Country
- Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, 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
The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off those seeking an end to his career. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse finally does have something bad happen to her medically when an ambulance hits her.
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The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Ernst-Hugo Järegård
Stig Helmer
Kirsten Rolffes
Sigrid Drusse
Holger Juul Hansen
Einer Moesgaard
Søren Pilmark
Jørgen Krogshøj
- Ghita Nørby — Rigmor Mortensen
- Jens Okking — Bulder Harly Drusse
- Birthe Neumann — Fru Svendsen
- Otto Brandenburg — Hansen
- Erik Wedersøe — Ole
- Baard Owe — Palle Bondo
- Birgitte Raaberg — Judith Petersen
- John Hahn-Petersen — Nivesen
- Peter Mygind — Morten "Mogge" Moesgaard
- Vita Jensen — Opvasker #1
- Morten Rotne Leffers — Opvasker #2
- Directed
- Lars von Trier
- Written
- Niels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 65 ratings
- Studio
- DR, Greco, La Sept-Arte, Zentropa Entertainments, ARTE, Coproduction Office
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1994The Kingdom
Where it starts.
The Kingdom II
1998 · You’re here
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.
