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King's Game is a film of genre Drama directed by Nikolaj Arcel with Anders W. Berthelsen
King's Game (2004)
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Add to a movie listKing's Game (Kongekabale) is a 2004 Danish film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. It stars Anders W. Berthelsen, and Nicolas Bro as reporters uncovering a Government conspiracy. The film received critical praise and won many awards.
Produced by Nimbus Film, King's Game was originally a book written by former parliamentary press officer Niels Krause Kjær.
Synopsis
Eleven days before the parliamentary election, the Centre Party's main candidate, who is about to become the next Danish Prime Minister and his wife have a car accident. His situation is critical and nobody knows if he will survive. Even his wife, who is also hospitalised, is not informed. The next day, Torp is assigned to cover the election. Quickly, he is drawn into the internal power struggle in the Centre Party where two very different politicians, Erik Dreyer and Lone Kjeldsen, show interest in gaining power and potentially becoming the next Prime Minister. Torp, the son of a previous justice minister, writes his first front-page story after a tip-off from the Centre Party press coordinator, Peter Schou. The story turns out to be "planted spin" in order to damage Lone Kjeldsen (Nastja Arcel) to allow the advantage to Dreyer who benefits from her lost credibility.Actors
Anders W. Berthelsen
(Ulrik Torp)
Nicolas Bro
(Henrik Moll)
Søren Pilmark
(Erik Dreier Jensen)
Lars Mikkelsen
(Peter Schou)
Ulf Pilgaard
(Gunnar Torp)
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