A group of tourists are stranded in the Namibian desert when their bus loses its way and runs out of fuel. Canned food and dew keep the tourists alive, but they are helplessly entrapped, completely cut off from the rest of the world. As courage and moral fibre weaken and relationships grow shaky, Henry, a theatrical manager, persuades the group to put on Shakespeare's tragedy King Lear. As the tourists work their way through Henry's hand-written scripts, real life increasingly begins to resemble the play.
| Original title | The King Is Alive |
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| Danish title | The King Is Alive |
| Other titles | Dogme #4 |
| Director | Kristian Levring |
| Screenplay | Kristian Levring, Anders Thomas Jensen |
| Director of Photography | Jens Schlosser |
| Editor | Nicholas Wayman Harris |
| Sound | Jan Juhler |
| Appearances | Bruce Davison, Jennifer Jason Leigh, David Bradley, Lia Williams |
| Production country | Denmark, United States, Sweden |
| Dialogue language | English,French |
| Domestic distribution | Sandrew Metronome |
| International sales | Good Machine International / 417 Canal Street, 4th Floor / 10013 New York / t +1 212 343 9230 / f +1 212 343 9645 |
| Festival information | Danish Film Institute |
| Technical info | 3007 meter, 35 mm, 1,37:1 Academy, color, Dolby |
| Danish theatrical release | 05.01.2001 |
| Cinemas | Palads, Grand, Café Biografen (Odense), Øst for Paradis (Århus) |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Executive Producer | Zentropa Entertainments |
| Domestic distribution | Sandrew Metronome |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Kristian Levring |
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Script |
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| Script | Kristian Levring |
| Script | Anders Thomas Jensen |
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Production |
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| Production | Patricia Kruijer |
| Production | Vibeke Windeløv |
| Production manager | Kristina Kornum |
| Executive producer | Christopher Ball |
| Executive producer | Peter Aalbæk Jensen |
| Executive producer | David Linde |
| Executive producer | William Tyrer |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematography | Jens Schlosser |
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| Still photographer | Anders Overgaard |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Nicholas Wayman Harris |
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Sound |
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| Sound | Jan Juhler |
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Visual effects |
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| Title design | Simon Bang |
| Title sequence | Simon Bang |
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Appearance |
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| Ray | Bruce Davison |
| Gina | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| Henry | David Bradley |
| Amanda | Lia Williams |
| Paul | Chris Walker |
| Catherine | Romane Bohringer |
| Kanana | Peter Khubeke |
| Charles | David Calder |
| Liz | Janet McTeer |
| Jack | Miles Anderson |
| Ashley | Brion James |
| Moses | Vusi Kunene |
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Festival screenings
| Festival | Festival date |
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| Taipei Film Festival | 2007-06-22 |
| Torun, Camerimage | 2006-11-25 |
| Lithuania Scanorama Film Forum | 2003-11-10 |
| Oslo International Film Festival | 2000-11-16 |
| Stockholm International Film Festival | 2000-11-09 |
| Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage | 2000-11-02 |
| Warsaw International Film Festival | 2000-10-05 |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2000-09-07 |
| Cannes, Festival de | 2000-05-10 |
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