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type
Movie
language
Danish
duration
107 min
genre
horror
theme
psychological thriller
director
Ole Bornedal
Score
6 / 10

Nightwatch 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.

Plot

Law student Martin Bork takes a job as a night watchman at Copenhagen's Forensic Medicine Institute, believing it will allow more time to study. As part of his nightly rounds, Martin is required to use a watchclock as he checks numerous locations throughout the hospital, including the morgue. The retiring watchman tells Martin a story about a scandal that once occurred in the institute, in which a night watchman engaged in necrophilia with corpses in the morgue; the incident was never publicized, however.

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    award Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3411704 Robert Award for Best Danish Film
    contentLocation Copenhagen
    director Ole Bornedal
    editor Camilla Skousen
    events frameup necrophilia night watchman police misconduct self-discovery serial killer
    genre horror mystery thriller
    keywords alias baseball bat bind build crime scene disturb engage flee guard tour patrol system heroin heroin addict law student morgue murder nightly rounds one night police superintendent prostitute prostitution pseudonym scalp security guard semen semen analysis semen sample test watchclock watchman young prostitute
    musicBy Joachim Holbek
    producer Michael Obel
    productionCompany Thura Film
    publisher Variety
    theme psychological thriller security and surveillance serial killer