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Riget - Seizoen 1

Riget - Season 1 (1994)

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Alternative title: The Kingdom

IMDb score: 8,2 (21.716)

Episodes: 4

Playing time: 4 hour and 48 minutes

Developed by: Lars von Trier

Stars: Ghita Nørby, Ernst-Hugo Järegård and Kirsten Rolffes

Origin: Denmark / Italy / Norway / Netherlands / Sweden / France

Releasedate: Thursday 24 November 1994

First aired on: DR1 (Denemarken)

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Riget plot

Riget is Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a triumph of modern science. However, through a series of mysterious events, the employees gradually lose their firm faith in rational explanations. For example, all kinds of voices are heard and the fetus of one of the doctors is growing much faster than it should.

Episodes Season 1 (1994)

  1. 1. Den Hvide Flok

    24 November 1994 (1 hour and 12 minutes)

  2. 2. Alliancen Kalder

    1 December 1994 (1 hour and 12 minutes)

  3. 3. Et Fremmed Legeme

    8 December 1994 (1 hour and 12 minutes)

  4. 4. De Levende Døde

    15 December 1994 (1 hour and 12 minutes)

Full cast & crew

Actors and Actresses

Bodil Jørgensen Bodil Jørgensen

Karen Svensson

Birgitte Raaberg Birgitte Raaberg

Judith Petersen

Jens Okking Jens Okking

Vic Carmen Sonne Vic Carmen Sonne

Holger Juul Hansen Holger Juul Hansen

Danica Ćurčić Danica Ćurčić

Udo Kier Udo Kier

Mikael Persbrandt Mikael Persbrandt

Helmer Jr.

Lars Mikkelsen Lars Mikkelsen

Pontopidan

Kirsten Rolffes Kirsten Rolffes

Nicolas Bro Nicolas Bro

Balder

Ernst-Hugo Järegård Ernst-Hugo Järegård

Otto Brandenburg Otto Brandenburg

Hansen

Ghita Nørby Ghita Nørby

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Dievegge

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13 January 2024 at 17:22

Anyone who will soon have to undergo a medical procedure should avoid this hospital series. It involves medical malpractice and unhealthy rivalry between doctors. The title (“the empire”) sounds something like “ri-je”. It takes place at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. It is a combination of drama and horror with supernatural elements.

Camera and editing techniques are used to suggest the presence of a ghost. A green color filter indicates the arrival of a demon. The most terrifying, however, are not the supernatural creatures, but the doctors who put their own careers above the well-being of the patients. Helmer is a Swedish surgeon who believes himself superior to his Danish colleagues. Krogshøj stands up to him, but he has ethically objectionable ideas. A wonderful character is Sigrid Drusse, a hypochondriac or a simulant who comes into contact with spirits.

Two actors with Down syndrome provide commentary like a Greek choir. At the end of each episode, director Lars von Trier provides a short reflection.

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Bobby Briggs

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8 October 2024 at 17:14

https://youtu.be/OxfGft6n358

Lars von Trier, enfant terrible first class, made a hell of a supernaturally surreal show, packed with oddities, satire on the medical world, Freemason rituals in the basement, Udo Kier and a hefty layer of body horror on top.

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