Nightwatch (1994 film)

This article is about the 1994 film. For the 1997 remake of the same name, see Nightwatch (1997 film).
Nightwatch
Danish film poster
DanishNattevagten
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Directed byOle Bornedal
Written byOle Bornedal
Produced byMichael Obel
Starring
CinematographyDan Laustsen
Edited byCamilla Skousen
Music byJoachim Holbek
Production
company
Thura Film
Distributed byAll Right Film Distribution
Release date
  • 25 February 1994 (1994-02-25)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish
Box office3,5 million $

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.

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