They are looking for a night watchman. Martin is not afraid of the dark but he just has one problem... he got the job!

Nightwatch

6.9 (330 votes)• 1994• 107m•Released

Horror Thriller

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Martin, a law student, takes up a job as a nightwatchman at a mortuary to fund his studies. But the mortuary harbours a dark secret, and he has to find the truth before he is implicated in a serial murder case.

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Languages: Danish

Director: Ole Bornedal

Starring Cast: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sofie Gråbøl, Kim Bodnia, Lotte Andersen, Ulf Pilgaard, Rikke Louise Andersson

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