Nightwatch (1994 film)

Nightwatch
Danish film poster
Directed byOle Bornedal
Written byOle Bornedal
Produced byMichael Obel
StarringNikolaj Coster-Waldau
Sofie Gråbøl
Kim Bodnia
Lotte Andersen
Ulf Pilgaard
CinematographyDan Laustsen
Edited byCamilla Skousen
Music byJoachim Holbek [da; de; no]
Production
company
Thura Film
Release date
  • 25 February 1994 (1994-02-25) (Denmark)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish

Nightwatch (Danish: Nattevagten) is a 1994 Danish horror thriller film directed and written by Danish director Ole Bornedal.[1] The film involves Martin (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) who gets a student job as night watchman at the Forensic Medicine Institute. When making his rounds he finds he must go to where the deceased people are kept. At the same time, a series of murders occur among women in Copenhagen, while mysterious and unexplained things happen in the medical department.[2]

Nightwatch was a success in Denmark and was shown at the Fantafestival in 1995. An English-language remake of the film was released in 1997, and a sequel in 2023; both were also directed by Bornedal. The original Nightwatch was included on a list of the top 100 Danish films as chosen by Kosmorama.

  1. ^ Schepelern, P. (2010). Filmleksikon (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 95. ISBN 978-87-02-04523-9. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  2. ^ Tobey, Matthew. "Nightwatch". Allrovi. Archived from the original on January 13, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.