Nattevagten (1994)

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 1994
Running Times: 105 mins
Length: 3005 metres
Format: 35mm
Colour Format: colour
Ratio: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Thura Film/Danmarks Radio-TV Fiktion
Funding: Danske Filminstitut
Copyright: © 1994. Thura Film
Executive Producer: Jesper Boas Smith
Producer: Michael Obel
Production Manager: Jens Arnoldus

SCRIPT
Screenplay: Ole Bornedal

DIRECTION
Directed by: Ole Bornedal
Assistant Director: Peter Flinth
Script Supervisor: Karen Bentzon

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen
B Camera: Søren Berthelin
Steadicam: Jacob Bonfils
Clapper Loader: Thomas Christensen
Lighting Supervisor: Michael Sørensen
Lighting: Michael Wils
Lighting Assistant: Thomas Bekker
Grip: Jacob Bonfils
Stills: Rolf Konøw

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Camilla Skousen
Assistant Editor: Molly Malene Stensgaard
Editing Assistant: Liselotte Havmøller
Negative Cutter: Zsuzsanne Schonebeck
Colour Timer: Michael Frank Nielsen

MUSIC
Music: Joachim Holbek
Music Performed by: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Music Conducted by: Mario Klemens
Music Recording Engineer: Juraj Durovic

SONGS AND ADDITIONAL MUSIC
Songs: Sort Sol (real name: Knud Odde), The Sandmen

SOUND
Sound: Michael Dela, Nino Jacobsen
Sound Assistant: Lars Lund
Synchronizing: Martin Schmidt, John Struck
Sound Effects: Julien Naudin

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Costumes: Margrethe Rasmussen
Make Up Artist: Kim Olsson

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Kim Olsson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Optical effects: Peter Jerris

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Søren Krag Sørensen
Art Director: Søren Krag Sørensen
Props: Nico
Graphics: Peter Skriver

MISCELLANEOUS
Accounts and Administration: Bettie Bach, Kristine Jørgensen, Brigitte Parrish
Production Assistants: Laura Bergsoe, Katrine Hartmann, Mette Ambro Kragh, Frank Omø
Dramatic Adviser: Peter Bornedahl
Transportation Coordinator: Geno Hart
Runners: Christian Zethner, Jens Stenholt
Police Liaison: Bjarne Woldiderich
Public Relations: Christel Hammer, Martine Carlsen
Trailer Created by: Michael Obel, Ole Bornedal

LOCATIONS
Locations: Copenhagen, Denmark

CAST
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Martin)
Sofie Gråbøl (Kalinka)
Kim Bodnia (Jens)
Lotte Andersen (Lotte)
Ulf Pilgaard (Inspector Wörmer)
Rikke Louise Andersson (Joyce)
Stig Hoffmeyer (Rolf)
Gyrd Løfqvist (old nightwatch)
Niels Anders Thorn (doctor)
Leif Adolfsson (theatre director)
Henrik Fiig (actor)
Jesper Hyldegaard (bar customer)
Ulrich Thomsen (pub thug #1)
Chris Friis (pub thug #2)
Peter Rygaard (servant)
Karin Rørbeck (girl at university)
Michael Goeskjær (lecturer)
Mika Heilmann (dead woman)
Michel Castenholt (gay man)
Jytte Rosholm (female doctor)

PLOT SUMMARY

Law student Martin takes a job as a night watchman in a morgue to help finance his studies. But the bodies of the prostitute victims of a serial killer start to arrive the police are mistakenly lead to believe that Martin may be the killer.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Califórnia Home Vídeo

Russia
Video Distributors: Prem'er Video Fil'm

Spain
Theatrical Distributors: Líder Films

USA
Video Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment
DVD Distributors: Anchor Bay Entertainment

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Finland
Rating: K-16

France
Rating: -12

Germany
Rating: 16

Iceland
Rating: 16

Norway
Rating: 15

Spain
Rating: 18

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R

AWARDS

1995
Bodil Awards, Denmark
Bedste kvindelige birolle (Rikke Louise Andersson) - winner

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, Belgium
Pegasus Audience Award (Ole Bornedal) - winner

Fantafestival, Italy
Best Actress (Rikke Louise Andersson) - winner
Best Film (Ole Bornedal) - winner

Fantasporto, Portugal (International Fantasy Film Award)
Best Film (Ole Bornedal) - nominated

Robert Festival, Denmark
Årets klipning (Camilla Skousen) - winner
Årets danske spillefilm (Ole Bornedal) - winner
Årets make-up (Michael Sørensen) - winner
Årets mandlige birolle (Kim Bodnia) - winner
Årets kvindelige birolle (Rikke Louise Andersson) - winner

Rouen Nordic Film Festival, France
Best Actor - winner

TIMELINE

1994
February
25: Denmark - theatrical release

September
11: Canada - shown at the Toronto Film Festival

1995
February
Day Unknown: Portugal - shown at the Fantasporto Film Festival
2: Germany - theatrical release
23: Netherlands - theatrical release

April
7: Sweden - theatrical release

October
12: Singapore - theatrical release

1998
February
27: Spain - theatrical release

May
Day Unknown: Hungary - video release

2001
May
29: USA - DVD release (Anchor Bay Entertainment)

POSTER TAGS

De søger en nattevagt, Martin er ikke mørkeræd, han har kun et problem... han får jobbet!

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Il Guardiano di notte - Italian title
Nachtwache - German title
Nattvakten - Swedish title
Nightwatch - UK/US advertising title
Nightwatch - Nachtwache - German title
Nightwatch - Perigo na Noite - Brazilian title
Nocni cuvaj - Slovenian title
Le Veilleur de nuit - French title
El Vigilante nocturno - Spanish title
Yövahti - Finnish title

LINKS

REMAKE
Nightwatch (1997)

FOOTAGE INCLUDED IN
Bowie og Bornedal (1996)
Platonische Liebe (1999)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

epd Film vol.12 no.2 (February 1995) p.44 (Germany)
review (Nightwatch - Nachtwache by Sabine Horst)

Fangoria no.205 (August 2001) pp.62-63 (USA)
DVD review (DVD Dungeon by Michael Gingold)

Kinema no.17 (April 2002) pp.47-66 (USA)
illustrated article (Repackaging rage: The Vanishing and Nightwatch by Steven Jay Schneider)

NEWSPAPERS

Svenska Dagbladet 7 April 1995 (Sweden)
review (En rysare att hålla handen till by Jeanette Gentele)

KEYWORDS

adultery, detectives, morgues, mutilation, necrophilia, prostitutes, psychopaths, rape, serial killers, severed fingers, sex, slashers, students

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008