Nightwatch (1997)
Release Year: 1997
Nation: United States
Alternative Title: La sombra de la noche, O Principal Suspeito, Нощно бдение, Le gardien, Nocni cuvar, Yövartija, Le veilleur de nuit, Freeze - Alptraum Nachtwache, Freeze - Operation Nachtwache, Vasikos ypoptos, Éjjeliőr a hullaházban, Nightwatch - Il guardiano di notte, ナイトウォッチ, Naktinis budejimas, Nocna straż, O Vigilante da Noite, Ночное дежурство, Noćni čuvar, L'ombra de la nit, 看誰在尖叫, Нічне чергування
Director: Ole Bornedal
Writer: Ole Bornedal, Steven Soderbergh
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Michael Obel
Executive Producer: Bob Weinstein, Cary Granat, Harvey Weinstein
Companies: Dimension Films, Miramax
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Budget: 10.000.000
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Keywords
Keywords: best friend, expensive restaurant, investigation, night watchman, remake
Story
Martin Brackne, a law student with financial troubles, takes up a night watchman job at the city morgue to make ends meet. While working there, he starts noticing peculiar things that seem to connect him to a series of recent murders. As the evidence piles up and suspicion falls on him, Martin must race against time to clear his name.
Summary
Nightwatch is a suspenseful thriller directed by Ole Bornedal in 1997, based on the Danish film 'Nattevagten'. The story revolves around Martin Brackne, played by Ewan McGregor, who finds himself entangled in a web of crime and suspicion while working as a night watchman at a morgue. The film explores themes of guilt, innocence, and the struggle to maintain one's integrity when faced with adversity.
