Mørkeleg (1996)

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 1996
Running Times: 90 mins
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Colour Format: colour
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CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Regner Grasten Film
Financing: Det Danske Filminstitut
Produced by: Regner Grasten
Production Manager: Karen Bentzon
Unit Production Manager: Lars Kiilerich

SCRIPT
Screenplay by: Dennis Jürgensen

DIRECTION
Directed by: Martin Schmidt
Assistant Director: Lizzi Weischenfeldt
Script Supervisor: Annemarie Aaes

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Peter Roos
Assistant Camera: Birger Bohm
Clapper Loader: Bastian Schiøtt
Gaffer: Leif Fick
Lighting Technician: Søren Meyer
Lighting Assistant: Kim Damkilde
Grip: Kim Sejer Larsen
Stills: Henrik Petit, Henrik Ploug Chr.
Camera Equipment: Boomerang
Lab: Johan Ankerstjerne A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Jørgen Kastrup
Assistant Editor: Ulrika Rang
Colour Timer: Dorthe Bankwell
Negative Cutter: Margit Jensen

MUSIC
Music: Alan Howarth

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
"Mørkeleg"
Written by Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen
Performed by Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Martin Saabye Andersen
Sound Assistant: Jonas Langkilde
Sound Post-Production: Stig Sparre-Ulrich
ADR: Lars Larsen

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costume Designer: Merete Engbæk
Assistant Costume Designer: Margrethe Rasmussen
Make Up Artist: Jesper Arntzen
Assistant Make Up Artist: Camilla Kim Marslew

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kristoffer Bentzon

TITLES
Credits: Digital Film/System

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Viggo Bentzon
Property Masters: Nico, William Knuttel
Props: Lars-Nikolaj Koko Bentzon
Carpenters: Poul Erik Andersen, Mogens Craner, Leo Jørgart, Torben Skalleræk, Thomas Vesti
Painters: Jørgen Krogh, René Pejl, Søren Simonsen

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Ingrid Kofoed, Helene Sandberg
Public Relations Manager: Christel Hammer
Runner: Nicolai Willadsen

LOCATIONS
Studio: Det Danske Filmstudie, Lyngby, Denmark

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Hans Peter Ludvigsen

CASTING
Casting: Jette Terman

CAST
Line Kruse (Tine)
Christian Grønwall (real name: Christian Grønvall) (Tim)
Mari-Anne Jespersen (Alexandra)
Karl Bille (Jonas)
Dick Kaysø (Walther Lund)
Peter Rygaard (Mogens Ebbesen)
Waage Sandø (Niels Willumsen)
Birthe Neumann (Else Willumsen)
Robert Reinhold (Sjokke)
Claus Strandberg (Ludvigsen)
Lise Schrøder (bartender)
Paul Hüttel (politician)
Joachim Knop (officer)
Benny Hansen (Parkbetjent)
Laura Drasbæk (Maibritt)
Rikke Louise Andersson (Aia)
Søren Byder (Jesper)
Mette Bratlann (child in toiler)
Asger (attendant)

PLOT SUMMARY

Four young people at an abandoned house hoping for a came of Backstabbed are stalked by a serial killer.

AVAILABILITY

Denmark
Theatrical Distributors: Egmont Entertainment

Netherlands
Video Distributors: Dutch FilmWorks
DVD Distributors: Dutch FilmWorks

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Denmark
Rating: 16

Netherlands
Rating: 16

AWARDS

1998
Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema, Spain
Best Cinematography (Peter Roos) - winner

TIMELINE

1996
September
6: Denmark - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Backstabbed
Backstabbed - Spiel der Angst - German title
Jocs sinistres - Catalan Spanish title
Lek i mörker - Swedish title
Mord im Spiel - German title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Film-Dienst no.2 (19 January 1999) p.33 (Germany)
review (Backstabbed - Spiel der Angst by Joe Hill)

Screen International no.1071 (16 August 1996) p.14 (UK)
credits note

KEYWORDS

drug addiction, drugs, hypodermic needles, impalement, migraines, old dark houses, role playing games, serial killers, splatter, sundials, teenagers

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008