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    Nattevagten

    • 19941994
    • RR
    • 1h 47min
    IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    15K
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    Nattevagten (1994)
    HorrorThriller

    A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he be... Read allA law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.A law student starts working as a night watchman at The Department of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. His mad friend gets him on a game of dare that escalates. As a serial-killer's victims start piling up at work, he becomes a suspect.

    • Director
      • Ole Bornedal
    • Writer
      • Ole Bornedal
    • Stars
      • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
      • Sofie Gråbøl
      • Kim Bodnia
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Ole Bornedal
    • Writer
      • Ole Bornedal
    • Stars
      • Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
      • Sofie Gråbøl
      • Kim Bodnia
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    • 40User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 10 wins & 2 nominations

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    Nattevagten (1994)
    Sofie Gråbøl in Nattevagten (1994)
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    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nattevagten (1994)
    Nattevagten (1994)
    Sofie Gråbøl in Nattevagten (1994)
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Sofie Gråbøl in Nattevagten (1994)
    Karin Rørbeck in Nattevagten (1994)
    Kim Bodnia and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nattevagten (1994)
    Karin Rørbeck in Nattevagten (1994)

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    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
    • Martinas Martin
    Sofie Gråbøl
    Sofie Gråbøl
    • Kalinkaas Kalinka
    Kim Bodnia
    Kim Bodnia
    • Jensas Jens
    Lotte Andersen
    Lotte Andersen
    • Lotteas Lotte
    Ulf Pilgaard
    • Kommisærenas Kommisæren
    Rikke Louise Andersson
    Rikke Louise Andersson
    • Joyceas Joyce
    Stig Hoffmeyer
    • Rolfas Rolf
    Gyrd Løfquist
    • Den gamle nattevagtas Den gamle nattevagt
    Niels Anders Thorn
    • Lægenas Lægen
    Leif Adolfsson
    • Teaterinstruktørenas Teaterinstruktøren
    Henrik Fiig
    • Skuespillerenas Skuespilleren
    Jesper Hyldegaard
    • Bargæstas Bargæst
    Ulrich Thomsen
    Ulrich Thomsen
    • Rod 1as Rod 1
    • (as Ulrik Thomsen)
    Christian Friis
    • Rod 2as Rod 2
    • (as Chris Friis)
    Peter Rygaard
    • Tjeneras Tjener
    Karin Rørbeck
    • Universitetspigeas Universitetspige
    • (as Karin Rørbæk)
    Michael Goeskjær
    • Juridisk forelæseras Juridisk forelæser
    Mika Heilmann
    • Død kvindeas Død kvinde
    • Director
      • Ole Bornedal
    • Writer
      • Ole Bornedal
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    Storyline

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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. —Joern Richts <richts@informatik.rwth-aachen.de>
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    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • De søger en nattevagt, Martin er ikke mørkeræd, han har kun et problem... han får jobbet !
    • Genres
      • Horror
      • Thriller
    • Certificate
      • R
    • Parents guide

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    • Trivia
      The picture in the guards room, is of Lewis Thornton Powel a.k.a. Lewis paine/payne, a co-conspirator in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
    • Goofs
      When Martin is shown the murder victim in the morgue, the victim is clearly breathing.
    • Quotes

      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

    • Connections
      Featured in Bowie og Bornedal (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Let Your Fingers Do the Walking
      Written by Steen Birger Jørgensen & Lars Top Galia

      Performed by Sort Sol

    User reviews40

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Finally!
    After decades of gritty social realism, lamebrained comedies and pretentious art trash came this fullblooded genre movie with plenty of blood and guts, thrills and chills with a talented cast of newcomers and a few surprises from a wellknown veteran. Humorist, TV-writer and stage director Ole Bornedal made his feature directing debut with this serial killer thriller starring the excellent Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as law student Martin who takes a job as a night watchman at the city morgue. At the same time, he is playing a dangerous game of challenges with reckless buddy Jens (Kim Bodnia, in a starmaking performance). Eventually he develops a kinship with determined police inspector Wörmer (a welcome change-of-pace for comedian Ulf Pilgaard, who has never been better), who is hunting the serial killer. No further revelations here, but check it out for yourself, BEFORE or even INSTEAD of renting the US remake with Ewan McGregor and Nick Nolte. This one is the genuine article, stylish and scary, admittedly with the usual plot holes and flaws, but a winner all the way with a couple of great laughs to vent the tension. The songs performed by Sort Sol adds just the right touch. That´s Ulrich Thomsen (the speaker from FESTEN) as the bully in the bar, by the way. ***½
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    • Jul 19, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 25, 1994 (Denmark)
    • Country of origin
      • Denmark
    • Official site
      • Official Thura Film homepage
    • Languages
      • Danish
      • Swedish
    • Also known as
      • Nightwatch
    • Filming locations
      • Copenhagen, Denmark
    • Production companies
      • Thura Film
      • DR Fiktion
      • Det Danske Filminstitut
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 47min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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