Nattevagten

"They are looking for a night watchman. Martin is not afraid of the dark but he just has one problem... he got the job!"

Feb 25 1994 R 1h 47m
Horror, Thriller

Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.

Plot

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

Ole Bornedal

Directed by

Ole Bornedal

Cast

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia

Crew

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Production Countries

Denmark

Production Companies

Thura Film

Languages

svenska, Dansk

Awards

10 wins & 3 nominations total

Trailers
Nightwatch (Nattevagten) - Trailer
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