Nightwatch (1994)
- Original title
- Nattevagten
- Directed by
- Ole Bornedal
- Genre
- horror film, thriller film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- 16
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 328 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A student takes a job as a night watchman at a forensic institute. He must walk past where the dead are kept while police investigate murders of women in the city. Strange things start happening during his rounds.
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What happens
Nightwatch (Danish: Nattevagten) is a 1994 Danish horror film written and directed by Ole Bornedal. 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. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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