3 seasonsdirected by LARS VON TRIERLARS VON TRIERDenmark, 1994, 1997, 2022
Filmmaker Lars von Trier’s internationally acclaimed, cult classic series tells the story of a hospital built on top of the old bleaching ponds in Copenhagen, where evil has taken root and medical science faces a daily struggle with itself; where the Swedes curse the Danes, and the mysterious and inexplicable blend together in a mixture of horror and humor.
Synopsis
Strange things are happening in the underbelly of a Danish hospital, where the ghost of a young girl cries in the elevator shaft, a phantom ambulance appears nightly, and secret societies meet in the basement. Tensions rise among staff, oblivious to the dark force awakening beneath the hospital.
Our take
Strange things are happening in the underbelly of a Danish hospital in Lars von Trier’s long unavailable, cult TV phenomenon. Masterfully harmonizing mordant humor and poignant pathos, The Kingdom I is a wickedly funny occult mystery. Let the battle between good and evil commence!