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.
Directed by Ole Bornedal
night watchman
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Martin
Sofie Gråbøl
Kalinka
Kim Bodnia
Jens
Lotte Andersen
Lotte
Ulf Pilgaard
Kommisæren
Rikke Louise Andersson
Joyce
Stig Hoffmeyer
Rolf
Gyrd Løfquist
Den gamle nattevagt
Niels Anders Thorn
Lægen
Henrik Fiig
Skuespilleren
Jesper Hyldegaard
Bargæst
Ulrich Thomsen
Rod 1
Crew
Ole Bornedal
Director
Ole Bornedal
Screenplay
Joachim Holbek
Original Music Composer
Dan Laustsen
Director of Photography
Michael Obel
Producer
Peter Flinth
Assistant Director
Søren Krag Sørensen
Production Design
Margrethe Rasmussen
Costumer
Dan Laustsen
Camera Operator
Karen Bentzon
Script Supervisor
Popular Reviews
71 reviews
Eve
7.0★ · 11/08/25
Nothing says chemistry like making eye contact in a morgue
Nothing says chemistry like making eye contact in a morgue
Somto UmeloPRO
4.0★ · 10/31/25
Sorry but this was kinda dumb. The entire first hour and 10 minutes were silly and felt repetitive. Any tension that the film manages to build is quickly diminished by the annoying side characters and their banter. I didn’t care for any of them. I would have preferred for this to be a straightforward cat-and-mouse horror thriller.
Sorry but this was kinda dumb. The entire first hour and 10 minutes were silly and felt repetitive. Any tension that the film manages to build is quickly diminished by the annoying side characters and their banter. I didn’t care for any of them. I would have preferred for this to be a straightforward cat-and-mouse horror thriller.
Philipp
6.0★ · 10/21/25
Lieber arbeitslos sein statt so einen Job zu haben
Lieber arbeitslos sein statt so einen Job zu haben
Rebecka Winter
8.0★ · 10/11/25
This movie reinforced all my deeply rooted prejudices against danish people.
This movie reinforced all my deeply rooted prejudices against danish people.
estela
7.0★ · 09/08/25
brutal
nikolaj es todavía un pipiolo aquí 🥹 eso sí, le he visto todo el pepino, gracias dinamarca por la vista, supongo
brutal
nikolaj es todavía un pipiolo aquí 🥹 eso sí, le he visto todo el pepino, gracias dinamarca por la vista, supongo
