Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
King's Game is a film of genre Drama directed by Nikolaj Arcel with Anders W. Berthelsen

King's Game (2004)

King's Game
If you like this film, let us know!
Length 1h47
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Thriller
Rating72% 3.6456053.6456053.6456053.6456053.645605

King'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

Trailer of King's Game

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to King's Game

There are 57 films with the same actors, 5 films with the same director, 67606 with the same cinematographic genres (including 8797 with exactly the same 2 genres than King's Game), 889 films with the same themes (including 291 films with the same 2 themes than King's Game), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked King's Game, you will probably like those similar films :
Island of Lost Souls, 1h40
Directed by Nikolaj Arcel
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Lars Mikkelsen, Anders W. Berthelsen, Anette Støvelbæk, Beate Bille, Nikolaj Arcel
Rating56% 2.847032.847032.847032.847032.84703
Lulu, une jeune Danoise de 14 ans attirée par le surnaturel, déménage avec sa famille dans une petite ville de province. Une nuit, son petit frère Sylvester est frappé par une lumière blanche et se retrouve dès lors possédé par l'esprit de Herman Hartmann, un homme mort au XIX siècle alors qu'il combattait les forces du mal au sein d'une loge. Avec l'aide de son jeune voisin Oliver et de Richard, un physiothérapeute qui étudie les phénomènes paranormaux, Lulu va devoir combattre un puissant nécromancien qui cherche à rassembler les pages du manuscrit magique autrefois utilisé par la loge pour combattre le mal.
11th Victim, 1h59
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Serial killer films
Actors Bess Armstrong, Max Gail, Harold Gould, Harry Northup, John Hancock, Dick Miller
Rating52% 2.6405152.6405152.6405152.6405152.640515
Jill Kelso (Bess Armstrong) is a Des Moines, Iowa television news anchor, whose younger sister, an aspiring actress, has entered a life of prostitution in Los Angeles. When the sister becomes the eleventh victim of a sex murderer, Kelso conducts her own undercover investigation into Hollywood's night world of commercial sex. Along the way, chemistry develops with a sympathetic cop (Max Gail) who tries to save her from becoming a victim herself.
Masks
Masks (1987)
, 1h40
Directed by Claude Chabrol, Alain Wermus
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about television
Actors Philippe Noiret, Robin Renucci, Bernadette Lafont, Monique Chaumette, Anne Brochet, Pierre-François Duméniaud
Rating67% 3.3962653.3962653.3962653.3962653.396265
Roland Wolf, jeune journaliste, se fait inviter par Christian Legagneur, sous prétexte d'écrire la biographie de ce présentateur-vedette de télévision. En réalité, il cherche à retrouver la trace de sa sœur Madeleine, mystérieusement disparue. Celle-ci était l'amie de Catherine, la filleule de Legagneur, qui dépérit, victime d'un mal étrange. Roland devient l'amant de Catherine, et démasque Legagneur qui cherche à la tuer pour s'emparer de sa fortune. Cerné par la police, Legagneur, lors d'une émission en direct, avoue sa culpabilité ainsi que son mépris pour son public.
The Public Eye, 1h39
Directed by Howard Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Joe Pesci, Barbara Hershey, Stanley Tucci, Jerry Adler, Jared Harris, Richard Riehle
Rating64% 3.2461653.2461653.2461653.2461653.246165
In the 1940s Leon "Bernzy" Bernstein is a freelance crime and street photographer for the New York City tabloids, dedicated to his vivid and realistic work and his unique ability to capture shots that nobody else can. He is very confident of his skills, declaring at one point, "Nobody does what I do. Nobody".
Shakedown
Shakedown (1950)
, 1h20
Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Chester Conklin, Brian Donlevy, Howard Duff, Peggy Dow, Lawrence Tierney, Bruce Bennett
Rating70% 3.5295553.5295553.5295553.5295553.529555
Unscrupulous newspaper photographer Jack Early (Duff) is sent to take a picture of racketeer Nick Palmer (Brian Donlevy), who doesn't like to be captured on celluloid. Palmer takes a liking to Early and asks him to frame his henchmen Colton (Tierney). Duff double-crosses Palmer and informes Colton that his boss had planned to frame him. Shortly afterward Palmer is killed by a car bomb and Duff becomes famous for taking a picture of the event. Eventually Duff is himself killed by Colton but he manages to snap a picture of his murderer in the act.
Sorrow
Sorrow (2015)

Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Vannessa Vasquez, Melissa Mars, Elle LaMont
Rating27% 1.3935751.3935751.3935751.3935751.393575
Detective Farrell and his partner Detective Ana Salinas are called to a crime scene in the bucolic city of Fieldhouse, Texas. This day proves to be unexpectedly disturbing, every ominous turn bringing more mystery to the case. Two dead bodies are found at the crime scene, an abandoned, run-down house with walls splattered in blood and torture devices scattered throughout. An unidentified woman is also found at the crime scene with a gunshot wound to the shoulder, but she manages to flee before the police reach her for questioning.
Street Smart, 1h37
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Christopher Reeve, Morgan Freeman, Kathy Baker, Mimi Rogers, Andre Gregory, Erik King
Rating62% 3.1464153.1464153.1464153.1464153.146415
Magazine reporter Jonathan Fisher (Christopher Reeve), in danger of losing his job, promises to write a hard-hitting story on prostitution. When no one on the street will talk to him, he fabricates a story of a pimp that's so well-received it puts his career back on track. But Police and a district attorney think the story is of a real-life pimp who is wanted for murder and start pressuring him to reveal the identity of the subject of his story. Fast Black (Morgan Freeman), the pimp and police suspect, also thinks the story is about himself, and wants to know what Jonathan knows, and who told him. From there a battle of wits and wills ensues between Jonathan and Fast Black, in addition to Jonathan becoming involved with one of the pimp's call girls, Punchy (Kathy Baker).
Sweet Revenge, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Nancy Allen, Ted Shackelford, Martin Landau, Gina Gershon, Sal Landi
Rating39% 1.995061.995061.995061.995061.99506
Sweet revenge : Jillian Gray est une journaliste qui a vu sa fille kidnappée par par un esclavagiste, Cicero. Maintenant qu'elle s'est échappée, elle cherche à obtenir sa vengeance.
The Murder Man, 1h9
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, Lionel Atwill, Harvey Stephens, James Stewart, Robert Barrat
Rating67% 3.3957053.3957053.3957053.3957053.395705
Steve Grey (Spencer Tracy) is a hotshot New York newspaper reporter, specializing in murder. When a crooked businessman named Halford is murdered, Steve pins the blame on the dead man's associate, Henry Mander (Harvey Stephens), theorizing that Halford was killed by a rifle from a shooting gallery across the street.