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The debut feature from Danish director Ole Bornedal, Nattevagten is a psychological thriller starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. While a serial killer is on the loose, brutally murdering several prostitut... read more read more...es, college-student Martin (Coster-Waldau) takes a job as the night watchman at the local mortuary in order to pay his law-school tuition. As it turns out, the bodies of the victims are being stored at that very mortuary. When Martin takes a bet that involves tampering with the bodies, he suddenly finds himself a suspect in the case. Bordenal, who also wrote the script, later remade Nattevagten in Hollywood under the title Nightwatch. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Ole Bornedal

Release Date: February 25, 1994

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DVD Release Date: August 6, 2002

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  • September 30, 2010
    A much longer film than it?s remake or so it seemed. You can certainly see why Ewan Mcgregor was picked to play the role in the American version of this film, there are times throughout the film where you can see quite a likeness between the two.

    I had remembered the ending ... read moreof the film, which is a shame, but still made enjoyable viewing.

    The film is not over gruesome, not spooky, but is certainly a Thriller of the dark variety.

    This is my first film from Denmark and so the start of a new list, will now need to watch a few more to make the list bigger, so any recommendations are certainly welcome.
  • November 17, 2011
    Influential Danish thriller. A student gets a night job in the local morgue and if this isn't a creepy enough job, someone is murdering prostitues. The students friend is a bit of a nutcase who likes to push things to far which puts him in the frame straight away but with some tw... read moreists and turns along the way, Nightwatch keeps you glued to the screen throughout with some great tension and black comedy also thrown in. A possible influence on the likes of Seven, this is a decent thriller despite looking a bit dated. I wasn't keen on theending either! Still, worth checking out.
  • June 8, 2011
    "Nightwatch" is a decent Danish horror/suspense movie. The atmosphere of the morgue is interesting, and there are some suspenseful moments but despite the interesting story the narrative was poor and there aren't enough suspects to go around turning the movie pretty predictable.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
September 19, 2008
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

A crackerjack little thriller from Holland, of all places. Full Review

Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
February 28, 2002
Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

A lot of the shocks were new, the acting was above average, and director Ole Bornedal had me by the short hairs, both dreading and anticipating each new twist. Full Review

Lisa Nesselson
March 26, 2009
Lisa Nesselson, Variety

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Stephen Holden
August 30, 2004
Stephen Holden, New York Times

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Emanuel Levy
August 8, 2005
Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

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Bryant Frazer
April 20, 2001
Bryant Frazer, Bryant Frazer's Deep Focus

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January 26, 2006
Time Out

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