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Seasons(3) / Episodes(13)
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At the Kingdom Hospital in Copenhagen, everything is as it was- and nothing is. Consultant neurosurgeon Stig Helmer has returned from Haiti, and immediately runs into problems. He faces prosecution for his unsuccessful operation on poor little brain-damaged Mona, and his colleague Rigmor is hell-bent on enticing him into matrimony. If that weren't enough, he is afflicted by hypochondriac trepidation of a more serious nature. Mrs. Drusse is mortally wounded by an ambulance, and sets off on her journey into the unknown. But she is forced to turn back in order to deal with mysterious goings-on at the Kingdom, where spirits and demons do battle.
Judith's baby, Little Brother, is growing at amazing pace and fighting for his life, just like Professor Bondo, who has had a cancer implant. The love triangle of Mogge, Sanne and Christian absorbs them more than their studies, and concidering all the intrigues and conflicts at the Kingdom, no wonder Professor Moesgaard feels compelled to seek psychiatric help! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user Marigold (2)
The Kingdom (1994)
This guy's SUCH A FREAK!!! The Kingdom is a very strange project that synthesizes a parody of medical dramas, horror and utterly beastly psychological terror in its swampy heart, which clearly makes Mr. Trier feel good. Traditional attributes like civilian acting, a documentary impression, the trembling camera and the almost Lynchian absurd scenes create a suffocating and electrifying atmosphere of a place that, while on the surface, is a proud memento of civilization, no mysticism escapes from its sight, but which is so saturated with mystery and irrational things (whether it is a genius loci or character relationships) that it simply cannot give the viewer anything other than a depressing impression. A cabinet of curiosities and bizarreness. And by the way, one of the greatest shows of all time.
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Season 2 (1997) (S02)
In the first series, Stig Helmer addresses a sleeping city, whilst in the second he philosophizes with a toilet bowl. There are no better parallels to what has changed at Lars von Trier's hospital. The relatively irrational separation is transformed into a regular insane asylum, and the dark forces of the devil, hell, and alternative medicine seize all of the characters. Trier exorcises reason and ordains monstrous gargantuan feeling. It is such a beautifully repulsive trip beyond the limits of normalcy that it surpasses even the already brilliant first series. However, the missing end gives it a terrible scar. Where did Mrs. Drusse go? What does the monstrous Aage bring? Dansk jävlar!!!
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