A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations
- Egor
- (as Dima Martynov)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was intended to be the first in a trilogy. A second movie was released as Day Watch (2006). A third movie, titled Twilight Watch, was announced as the first English film in the series, but director Timur Bekmambetov left Russia to make Wanted (2008) first. He later said that Wanted had become how he had envisioned Twilight Watch, so he had no immediate plans to start working on the film. The project has since been shelved.
- GoofsThe episode of "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer" (1997) that Yegor is watching skips to a different scene that happens much later in a matter of seconds.
- Quotes
[Geser lies on the floor with a book, telling the tale of the Virgin of Byzantium, the origin of the Others, the Great War, and the prophecy of the Great Other]
Geser: ...And so it will be, until a man emerges who is meant to become the Great One. And, if he chooses the side of Light, then Light will win. But, those, to whom the truth has been revealed, say that he will choose Darkness. For it is easier to kill the Light within oneself, than to scatter the Darkness around... The prophecies are coming true.
- Crazy creditsIn the international version of the film, the first words of the prologue appear as a Russian text title which then transforms into its English translation. The Russian version does not have any text title.
- Alternate versionsOn the US DVD the French Audio contains different music than the English and Spanish Audio tracks on the disc.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Nochnoy bazar (2005)
- SoundtracksNa teplokhode muzyka igrayet
("Music is Playing on the Motor Ship")
Music by Vyacheslav Dobrynin
Lyrics by Mikhail Ryabinin (as M.I. Meyerovich)
Performed by Olga Zarubina (uncredited)
Played on a motor ship early in the film
The Night Watch keep on searching, for those who overstep the mark, those who crawl out of the shadows, those who live their life in dark; they have visions of the horrors, that may take the world to hell, using seers that they've discovered, a contemporary show and tell.
Anton finds more than he bargained for when hunting down a cursed doctor who is about to bring calamity and chaos reigning down on everything and all.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Gece nöbeti
- Filming locations
- St. Petersburg, Russia(subway train scenes)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,200,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,502,188
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $86,985
- Feb 19, 2006
- Gross worldwide
- $50,336,279
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1