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Release Date:
May 11, 2000
Original Title:
The King Is Alive
Alternate Titles:
Il re è vivo
O Rei Está Vivo
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Good Machine
Newmarket Capital Group
Production Countries:
Denmark | Sweden | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: R
Runtime: 110
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own morality.
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Author:
William Shakespeare
Casting:
Joyce Nettles
Moonyeenn Lee
Mali Finn
Bruno Levy
Director:
Kristian Levring
Director of Photography:
Jens Schlosser
Editor:
Nicholas Wayman-Harris
Executive Producer:
William Tyrer
David Linde
Christopher Ball
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Line Producer:
Kobus Botha
Producer:
Vibeke Windeløv
Patricia Kruijer
Malene Blenkov
Svend Abrahamsen
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