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The Kingdom 1994 - 1997

type: TVSeries

language: Danish

seasons: 3

episodes: 13

genre: horror

theme: absurdist

director: Lars von Trier

Score: 7 / 10

Riget (English title: The Kingdom) is a Danish absurdist supernatural horror miniseries trilogy created by Lars von Trier and Tómas Gislason. Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet (, nicknamed "Riget", ), each episode of the show follows the hospital's eccentric staff and patients as they encounter bizarre and sometimes supernatural phenomena. The series is notable for its wry humor, its muted sepia colour scheme, and the appearance of a chorus of dishwashers with Down syndrome, who discuss in intimate detail the strange occurrences in the hospital. The main theme's song was written by von Trier himself.

Plot

Each episode of all three series opens with the same prologue, detailing how the hospital, Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, was built on the site of the "bleaching ponds", which recur in the name of the street of the hospital's official address, Blegdamsvej, although the exact significance of the reference is never explicitly discussed in the series.

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author	Lars von Trier Niels Vørsel Tómas Gislason
contentLocation	Rigshospitalet
director	Lars von Trier Morten Arnfred
genre	drama horror
keywords	alexander skarsgard baby black market cry down syndrome elevator shaft end happen hepatocellular carcinoma kill liver cancer medical student medical supplies neurosurgeon neurosurgery organ donation organ donor organ transplant pathologist pathology persistent vegetative state power outage research laboratory spiritualism spiritualist transplant womb young girl
musicBy	Joachim Holbek
publisher	Danmarks Radio
theme	absurdist