The Kingdom II(Riget II)
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Denmark, Italy, Germany · 1997
4h 55m
Director Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred
Starring Ernst-Hugo Järegård, Kirsten Rolffes, Holger Juul Hansen, Søren Pilmark
Genre TV Movie, Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
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The series is set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, the city and country's main hospital, nicknamed "Riget". "Riget" means "the realm" or "the kingdom" and leads one to think of "dødsriget", the realm of the dead.
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