Synopsis
The Kingdom II (Riget II, 1998) — watch online on iFILM — is Lars von Trier's four-part sequel to his 1994 Danish cult series, set once more inside the sprawling Copenhagen hospital where modern medicine and something far older share the same corridors.
The mutant child has finally arrived, and the ward is worse for it. Swedish surgeon Dr. Helmer — Ernst-Hugo Järegård, whose performance across both series became a cult in itself — faces a disciplinary inquiry over a botched operation and turns to the occult rather than admit fault. Hypochondriac Mrs. Drusse, who spent the first series chasing voices through the basement, finds herself an actual patient this time. The intertwining storylines toggle between bureaucratic horror and something genuinely unsettling in a register that resists easy categorisation.
Kirsten Rolffes, who played Mrs. Drusse across both series, died before filming wrapped — The Kingdom II is her final screen appearance. Von Trier bookends every episode with a short personal address to camera. Stream The Kingdom II (1998) online on iFILM.
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