Movie Info: The King Is Alive (2000)

Director: Kristian Levring

Writer: Anders Thomas Jensen, Kristian Levring, William Shakespeare

Producer: Producer: Malene Blenkov, Patricia Kruijer, Svend Abrahamsen, Vibeke Windeløv
Executive Producer: Christopher Ball, David Linde, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, William Tyrer

Genre: Drama

Eleven bus-passengers find themselves stranded in an abandoned town of the Namibian desert due to a sandstorm. As days pass and rescue seems unlikely, they decide to stage Shakespeare's 'King Lear' as a means to keep their spirits high. However, the choice of play only serves to exacerbate tensions ...