The Kingdom 2 Movie Review 1997

In the continuation of Von Trier's hospital soap/supernatural/satire, madness runs rampant through Copenhagen's Kingdom hospital. Spiritualist Mrs. Drosse comes back to life after dying during surgery. A baby, sired by a demon, grows at a monstrous rate. Pompous Swedish neurosurgeon Helmer returns from Haiti with voodoo potions and is beseiged by his unbalanced lover and on and on it goes in its quirky, bizarre way. Swedish and Danish with subtitles.

Distribution

Scarecrow Video, 5030 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, Phone: (206)524-8554, Toll-free: 800-700-8554, Fax: (206)524-4851, Email: scarecrow@scarecrow.com, URL: http://www.scarecrow.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 286 minutes.
Originally from Danish.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Horror Comedy, Hospitals & Medicine, Renegade Body Parts, Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins, Occult

Screenplay

Lars von Trier, Niels Vorsel

Cast

Kirsten Rolffes, Ghita Norby, Udo Kier, Ernst-Hugo Jaregard, Soren Pilmark, Holger Juul Hansen, Baard Owe, Birgitte Raabjerg, Peter Mygind, Solbjorg Hojfeldt

Cinematography

Eric Kress

Director

Lars von Trier

Music

Joachim Holbek