Nightwatch (1994)

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107 min - Horror | Mystery | Thriller - 25 February 1994 (Denmark)

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In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there... See full summary »

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Martin (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau)
	Sofie Gråbøl	...	Kalinka
	Kim Bodnia	...	Jens
	Lotte Andersen	...	Lotte
	Ulf Pilgaard	...	Inspector Wörmer
	Rikke Louise Andersson	...	Joyce
	Stig Hoffmeyer	...	Rolf
	Gyrd Løfquist	...	The Old Nightwatch
	Niels Anders Thorn	...	The Doctor
	Leif Adolfsson	...	Theater Instructor
	Henrik Fiig	...	Actor
	Jesper Hyldegaard	...	Bar Guest
	Ulrich Thomsen	...	Pub Thug #1 (as Ulrik Thomsen)
	Christian Friis	...	Pub Thug #2 (as Chris Friis)
	Peter Rygaard	...	Servant

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In order to finance his law studies, Martin starts as a night watchman in a mortuary. When the victims of a serial killer of prostitutes are deposited there, scary things begin to happen. Therefore and because of a strange bet with his fellow student Jens, the police begins to think he is the murderer. Police detective Wormer wants to help him but Martin is more and more suspected. Written by Joern Richts <richts@informatik.rwth-aachen.de>

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De søger en nattevagt, Martin er ikke mørkeræd, han har kun et problem... han får jobbet !

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Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Country:

Denmark

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

25 February 1994 (Denmark) See more »

Also Known As:

Éjféli játszma See more »

Filming Locations:

Copenhagen, Denmark

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Thura Film See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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Martin: You know what Hans Christian Andersen did? Every time he had masturbated he wrote a little X in his diary
Jens: If I had written down an X every time I had masturbated, there wouldn't be any pencils left in the whole wide world
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Nightwatch (1994)
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