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Night Watch
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6.2Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day Moscow the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, the movie's protagonist, try to control them and limit their outrage
Cast
- Konstantin Khabenskiy as Anton Gorodetsky
- Vladimir Menshov as Geser
- Galina Tyunina as Olga
- Mariya Poroshina as Svetlana
- Zhanna Friske as Alice Donnikova
- Viktor Verzhbitskiy as Zavulon
Themes
- witch
- airplane
- fight
- subway
- guard
- moscow, russia
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
56,442 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
59%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Fantasy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Timur Bekmambetov
- Screenplay by
- Timur Bekmambetov, Laeta Kalogridis
- Based on
- The Night Watch , 1998 novel, by Sergei Lukyanenko
- Produced by
- Konstantin Ernst , Anatoli Maksimov
- Starring
- Konstantin Khabensky , Vladimir Menshov , Valeri Zolotukhin , Mariya Poroshina , Galina Tyunina
- Cinematography
- Sergei Trofimov
- Edited by
- Dmitriy Kiselev
- Music by
- Yuri Poteyenko
- Production companies
- Channel One Russia , Bazelevs Company , Tabbak
- Distributed by
- Gemini Film (Russia and Baltics), Fox Searchlight Pictures (International)
- Release date
- 8 July 2004 ( 2004-07-08 ) (Russia)
- Running time
- 123 minutes (Original version) , 114 minutes (International version)
- Country
- Russia
- Language
- Russian
- Budget
- $4.2 million
- Box office
- $50.3 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 670027
- Official website
- www.foxsearchlight.com/nightwatch
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 2005-09-02
- title
- Ночной Дозор
- box office
- 33899078
- capital cost
- 1800000
- review score
- 58/100
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Article
Night Watch is a 2004 Russian urban fantasy supernatural thriller film directed by Timur Bekmambetov who wrote the screenplay along with Laeta Kalogridis. It is loosely based on the 1998 novel The Night Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko.
It was Russia's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film received a limited theatrical release in the United States, where it grossed $1.5 million. It overperformed in the American home video market, generating more than $9.5 million in home video sales and $12 million in home video rentals. It received mixed reviews from critics.