The Kingdom
“A baptism of fear awaits you at... THE KINGDOM”
ComedyDramaMystery
The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science. A rash of uncanny occurrences, however, begins to weaken the staff's faith in science – a phantom ambulance pulls in every night, but disappears; voices echo in the elevator shaft; and a pregnant doctor's fetus seems to be developing much faster than is natural.
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Seasons & episodes
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.
1The Unheavenly Host24 Nov 1994 · 64m · ★ 7.8Mrs Drusse, a hypochondriac psychic gets herself admitted to the Kingdom because she believes the hospital is haunted. Meanwhile, Dr Helmer, a Dane-hating Swede under investigation for malpractice joins the hospital's secret brethren.
2Thy Kingdom Come1 Dec 1994 · 66m · ★ 8.4Mrs Drusse continues her investigation, Krogshøj steals the severed head from Mogge and uses it to blackmail him, while Bondo is at his wits' end when a patient's relative refuses to hand over his liver infected with a rare cancer.
3A Foreign Body8 Dec 1994 · 69m · ★ 9.1Dr Helmer decides to steal the incriminating report but unbeknownst to him, Krogshøj has the same plan, Bondo wants to transplant the cancerous liver into himself, and Mrs Drusse finds out Mary didn't die of TB as reported.
4The Living Dead15 Dec 1994 · 75m · ★ 9.5Helmer goes to Haiti which angers his gun-wielding girlfriend, Judith may be pregnant with a ghost, Mrs Drusse reburies Mary's remains but her troubles are only just beginning, and Operation Morning Breeze turns into a farcical disaster.
Details
- Created by
- Lars von Trier
- First aired
- 24 Nov 1994
- Last aired
- 30 Oct 2022
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Danish
- Network
- DR1, Viaplay
- Episodes
- 13
- Votes
- 85 on TMDB
Where to watch (US)
Cast
Søren PilmarkJørgen Krogshøj
Ghita NørbyRigmor Mortensen
Birgitte RaabergJudith Petersen
Peter MygindMorten 'Mogge' Moesgaard
Solbjørg HøjfeldtCamilla
Udo KierAge Krüger / Storebror / Lillebror
Birthe NeumannFru Svendsen
Henning JensenBob
Bodil JørgensenKaren Svensson
Mikael PersbrandtHelmer Jr.
Lars MikkelsenPontopidan
Nicolas BroBalder
Tuva NovotnyAnna
Nikolaj Lie KaasFilip Naver
