Overview
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.
DirectorLars von Trier
ProducersBo Lindquist
ScreenplayNiels Vørsel, Lars von Trier
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LanguageDanish, Swedish
Production companiesDR, Greco, La Sept-Arte, Zentropa Entertainments, ARTE, Coproduction Office, Det Danske Filminstitut, Film i Väst, Liberator Productions, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS), Nordisk Film & TV Fond, NRK, RAI, SVT, SVT Malmö, TV Collaboration Fund, WDR