Nattens engel (1998)

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 1998
Running Times: 98 mins
Length:
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Wise Guy Productions
Executive Producer: Henrik Danstrup
Producer: Thomas Stegler
Production Manager: Allan Sperling

SCRIPT
Script: Lars C. Detlefsen, Shaky González
Script Supervisor: Anna-Liisa Putkinen
Script Assistant: Glen Carter

DIRECTION
Directed by: Shaky González
Assistant Directors: David Bjerre, Lars C. Detlefsen, Casper Holm

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jacob Kusk
2nd Unit Directors of Photography: Kim Høgh Mikkelsen, Anders Löfstedt, Lars Vestergaard
Steadicam Operator: Jesper Jon (real name: Jesper Jon Sørensen)
First Assistant Camera: Gitte Gammelgaard, Jan Pallesen, Ian Tomkins
2nd Assistant Camera: Marcel Zyskind
Focus Puller: Henrik Lyngbo
Clapper Loader: Carsten Sandvik
Lighting Technicians: Oliver Grumme, Stine Hein, Claus Lykke, Sebastian Tingkær, Jesper Westh
Assistant Lighting Technicians: Mauricio Vega, Karina Toft Pedersen, Stefan Persson
Electricians: Kasper Gaardsøe, Anders Löfstedt, Jonas Meyer-Petersen
Grips: Kasper Gaardsøe, Ole Kristian Krogstad, Jonas Meyer-Petersen, Jens Pedersen, Mauricio Vega
Still Photographer: Thomas Bagge

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Miriam Nørgaard
Additional Editors: Mogens H. Christiansen, Gregers Dohn
Assistant Editors: Kristine Adolphsen, Cathrine Ambus, Anja Birgmann, Pelle Folmer
Colour Timer: Dorthe Brandt Bankwell

MUSIC
Music: Søren Hyldgaard
Orchestrators: Søren Hyldgaard, William Motzing
Conductor: Mario Klemens
Music Recordist: Juraj Durovic
Music Editors: Thomas Lester, Hans Sørensen

SOUND
Sound Recordists: Allan Holmberg, Kim Lytje, Kasper Munck-Hansen
Post-Production Sound: Eddie Simonsen
Sound Mixer: Hans Møller
Sound Editor: Peter Mossman
Dubbing Director: Peter Fernandez
Post-Synchronization: Anne Jensen
Special Sound Effects: Michael Fleron, Bjørn Vidø, Thomas Welin, Freezone
Sound Effects Editor: Eddie Simonsen
Foley Artist: Julien Naudin
Sound Assistants: Kim Nielsen, Hector Mauricio Vega, Bibi Westberg

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costumers: Susanne Khatib, Signe Sejlund
Costume Assistant: Malene Petersen
Make Up Artist: Jeanne Müller
Assistant Make Up Artist: Christina Rasmussen
Hair: Ingemette Baun Christensen, Kristina Lauritsen, Liana Maj Madsen, Jeanne Müller, Christina Rasmussen
Assistant Hair: Judy Springer, Mette Strassmann

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Poul Arne Kring, Hans Peter Ludvigsen, Glenn E. Nielsen
Puppeteers: Jesper N. Christiansen, Poul Arne Kring

VISUAL EFFECTS
Digital Matte Painter: Niels Valentin Dal

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Directors: Eva Gøttrup, Mie Sand Sørensen
Property Master: Trine Truberg
Assistant Props: Marianne Mølbæk
Storyboard Artist: Shaky González
Construction Assistant: Lars Kuno Larsen

MISCELLANEOUS
Production Assistants: Kathrine Aastrøm Christensen, Jesper Christiansen, Linda Dvoracek, Nadia Claudia Grevelund, Hanne Groth, Nina Lyng, Stig Morell, Helle Schoubye
Driver: Tobias Lynge Herler
Runners: Tobias Lynge Herler, Jacob Houmelle, Theis Mortensen, Carsten Sandvik

LOCATIONS
Location Manager: Silla Herbst

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Hans Peter Ludvigsen
Stunts: Kim Holsøe, Flemming Jetmar, Jakob Raavig

CASTING
Casting: Lars C. Detlefsen, Stefano González, Tolo Montana, Thomas Stegler

CAST
Maria Karlsen (real name: Maria Stokholm) (Rebecca)
Mette Louise Holland (Charlotte)
Tomas Villum Jensen (Mads)
Svend Johansen (the bishop)
Claus Flygare (marshall)
Hans Henrik Voetmann (mayor)
Ole Hvidman (blacksmith)
Karin Rørbeck (Marie)
Lise-Lotte Norup (Leilah)
Christian Grønvall (Rikard)
Beate Bille (Rikard's wife)
Thomas Bo Larsen (Gary)
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Frankie)
Ulrich Thomsen (Alex)
Mads Mikkelsen (Ronnie)
Stefano González (Nick / Lumiere)
Dennis Dean Sølvberg (Tim/Athos)
Kenneth Carmohn (Stony/Aramis)
Lenny Stjernelund (Martin/Porthos)
Charlotte Juul (Lucky)
Louise Boye (Cecilie)
Anette Toftgaard (Sussy)
Helle Sørensen (Cindy)
Zlatko Buric (taxi driver)
Miguel Martinez Vasques (old priest)
Timm Mehrens, Teis Bayer (monsters)
Hector Vega Mauricio (Esiah)
Erik Holmey (Rico)
Janus Nabil Bakrawi (Ricos sidekick)
Marina Bouras (Tanja)
Thomas Eje (Boomer)
Kasper Gaardsøe (angry villager/transvestite)
Giada Hansen (dead baby)
Henrik Jandorf (Jack)
Emilie Schiøtt (Rikard's daughter)
Marie Schjeldal (Tim's lover)

PLOT SUMMARY

Rebecca takes her boyfriend and best friend to stay in the spooky old mansion she's inherited from her grandmother and in the cellars, they discover an old book recounting the life of a notorious vampire. It isn't long before the vampire, Rebecca's grandfather Rico, is back from the dead looking for new victims.

AVAILABILITY

USA
Video Distributors: MTI Home Video
DVD Distributors: Fangoria Films

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R (for violence, sexuality and language)

AWARDS

1999
Robert Festival, Denmark
Årets sminkør (Jeanne Müller) - winner
Årets specialeffects/lys (Hans Peter Ludvigsen) - winner
Årets filmkomponist (Søren Hyldgaard) - nominated

2000
Fantafestival, Italy
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver (Shaky González) - winner

2001
Fantasporto, Portugal
Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold (Shaky González) - nominated (Méliès d'Argent 2000 at Fantafestival)

TIMELINE

1998
December
4: Denmark - theatrical release

1999
September
23: Sweden - shown at the Fantastisk Film Festival Lund

October
30: Taiwan - theatrical release

2000
February
29: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival

March
22: Germany - video release

April
1: UK - shown at the Dead by Dawn Edinburgh Horror Film Festival

POSTER TAGS

His reign of blood begins... Again

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

L'Àngel de la nit - Catalan Spanish title
Angel of the Night - Taiwanese/US DVD title
Engel der Finsternis - German title
Nattens ängel - Swedish title
La Nuit des vampires - French title
Yön enkeli - Finnish title

LINKS

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
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KEYWORDS

bishops, books, disembodied heads, dismemberment, hearts, impalement, mice, mutilation, old dark houses, priests, sex, splatter, vampires

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008