Special programme “Crime and Punishment”

King's Game

1 hr. 43 min. | Thriller | N/A

A few days before the elections in Denmark, the chairman of the Center Party, who is considered the most realistic candidate for the post of prime minister, is in a serious accident and falls out of the election campaign. This is fueling a particularly fierce battle for power. While parliamentary leader Dreier and a party spokesman are scrambling, Ulrik Torp, a young journalist reporting in the Copenhagen parliament, receives top-secret information. Is there dirty intrigue going on here? Torp reveals a conspiracy that spans the entire country ... The authors of this political thriller weave a lot of anonymous interviews with journalists and politicians into the film's plot. "We are shocked," says Nicholas Arcel, "how many secret stories we learned about the filthy media and abuse of power in preparation for the filming." According to the filmmakers, "although the story of the film is fictitious, its foundation is real."

Nikolaj Arcel

Nikolaj Arcel

Director and scriptwriter Nikojal Arcel was born in 1972, in Denmark. He graduated from the National Film School of Denmark. His graduation film Woyzeck’s Last Symphony won top awards at Munich and Clermont-Ferrand. His feature films Kings Game and Island of Lost Souls won a number of national awards. Two director‘s films, Kings Game in 2005 and Truth about Men in 2011, screened at Scanorama.
Languages
Danish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Kongekabale
Produced
2004: Denmark

Film information

Director
Nikolaj Arcel
Screenplay
Nikolaj Arcel, Rasmus Heisterberg, Niels Krause-Kjær
Music
Henrik Munch, Flemming Nordkrog
Cinematography
Rasmus Videbæk
Cast
Anders W. Berthelsen, Søren Pilmark, Nastja Arcel, Nicolas Bro
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