Directed by Morten Arnfred Lars von Trier Written by Niels Vørsel   Lars von Trier   Cast Ernst-Hugo Järegård ... Stig Helmer (as Ernst Hugo Järegård) Kirsten Rolffes ... Sigrid Drusse Holger Juul Hansen ... Einar Moesgaard Søren Pilmark ... Jørgen Krogshøj Ghita Nørby ... Rigmor Mortensen Jens Okking ... Bulder Harly Drusse Birthe Neumann ... Fru Svendsen (credit only) Otto Brandenburg ... Hansen Erik Wedersøe ... Ole Baard Owe ... Palle Bondo Birgitte Raaberg ... Judith Petersen John Hahn-Petersen ... Nivesen Peter Mygind ... Morten 'Mogge' Moesgaard Vita Jensen ... Opvasker #1 Morten Rotne Leffers ... Opvasker #2 Henning Jensen ... Bob Udo Kier ... Lillebror / Age Krüger Paul Hüttel ... Steenbæk Holger Perfort ... Professor Ulrich Louise Fribo ... Sanne Tine Miehe-Renard ... Natsygeplejerske Julie Wieth ... Sygeplejerske ved Mona Birte Tove ... Sygeplejerske på neurokirurgisk Ole Boisen ... Christian Dorit Stender Petersen ... Assisting nurse (as Dorrit Stender-Petersen) Tomas Stender ... Medicinstuderende Cecilie Brask ... Kvinde i terapi Mette Hald ... Sur pige Bjarne G. Nielsen ... Ny Hospitalspræst Claus Nissen ... Jensen Lars Lunøe ... Sundhedsminister Laura Christensen ... Mona Jensen Peter Hartmann ... Flyttemand Anders Hove ... Celebranten Kim Jansson ... Betjent Jensen Claus Flygare ... Betjent Nielsen Ingolf David ... Døden Philip Zandén ... Dr. Jönsson Klaus Pagh ... Stævningsmand Ruth Junker ... Opvasker #1 (voice) Peter Gilsfort ... Opvasker #2 (voice) Evald Krog ... Lillebror (voice) Ulrik Cold ... Narrator (voice) Søren Elung Jensen ... Læge Uncredited Cast Solbjørg Højfeldt ... Camilla Lars von Trier ... Self Produced by Svend Abrahamsen   Bo Lindquist   Vibeke Windeløv   Original Music by Joachim Holbek

Additional Info Premiere: November 22, 1997 DVD Release: January 22, 2008 Countries: Distributor: Koch Lorber Films Websites: Alternate Titles Riget II Production Companies ARTE Coproduction Office Danmarks Radio (DR) Det Danske Filminstitut Film i Väst Ginger Pictures (co-production) Greco La Sept-Arte Liberator Productions MEDIA Programme of the European Union Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS) Nordisk Film & TV-Fond Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK) RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana Sveriges Television (SVT) Sveriges Television (SVT) (Malmö) TV Collaboration Fund Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) Zentropa Entertainments Distributors October Films   (1995) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) October Films   (1998) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled) Coproduction Office   (1994) (World-wide) (all media) Hallmark Home Entertainment   (2001) (USA) (VHS) Koch Lorber Films   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Koch Lorber Films   (2008) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,574 / 20,906 Site Ranking