Night Watch

Year:

2004

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Timur Bekmambetov

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: Russia

Release Date: 2004-07-08

Filming Locations: Russia

Earnings

Budget: $4,200,000

Opening Weekend: $106,425 (USA) (19 February 2006)

Gross: $1,487,477 (USA) (30 April 2006)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mariya Poroshina

Night Watch

Anna Semenovich

Konstantin Khabenskiy

Anton

Vladimir Menshov

Geser

Valeriy Zolotukhin

Otets Kosti

Galina Tyunina

Olga

Yuriy Kutsenko

Ignat

Aleksey Chadov

Kostya

Zhanna Friske

Alisa

Ilya Lagutenko

Andrey

Viktor Verzhbitskiy

Zavulon

Rimma Markova

Koldunya Darya

Mariya Mironova

Mat Egora

Aleksey Maklakov

Semyon

Aleksandr Samoylenko

Medved

Dmitriy Martynov

Egor (as Dima Martynov)

Anna Slyu

Tigryonok

Anna Dubrovskaya

Vampirsha

Sergey Prikhodko

Pyotr

Igor Savochkin

Maksim Ivanovich

Georgiy Dronov

Tolik

Nikolay Olyalin

Inkvizitor

Dmitriy Klokov

Dmitriy Osetrov

Militsioner u vykhoda iz metro

Konstantin Murzenko

Paren v metro

Anatoliy Gorin

Rabotnik TETs

Lyudmila Yaronova

Aleksandr Shchurok

Nikolay Kiselev

Marina Ivanova

Viktor Ivanov

(as Vitya Ivanov)

Polina Shchurok

Tatyana Shchankina

Suevernaya passazhirka v samolete

Aleksandr Kozlov

Muzh suevernoy passazhirki

Igor Pismennyy

Passazhir samoleta

Viktoriya Smirnova

Sergey Kalashnikov

Ekaterina Malikova

Styuardessa samoleta

Vladislav Anufriev

(as Vladik Anufriev)

Yuriy Yakovlev

Malchik (as Yura Yakovlev)

Ivan Popov

(as Vanya Popov)

Aleksey Kurochkin

(as Lyosha Kurochkin)

Yaroslav Romashenko

(as Yarik Romashenko)

Yuri Lowenthal

Kostya

Darian Weiss

Egor (voice: English version)

Blestyashchie

Gerl-gruppa Alisy (uncredited)

Igor Gasparyan

Voditel-kavkazets (uncredited)

Yuliya Kovalchuk

Solistka gerl-gruppy Alisy (uncredited)

Igor Lifanov

Presledovatel (uncredited)

Oleg Mokshantsev

Pokupatel v supermarkete (uncredited)

Aleksandra Nazarova

Mat Svetlany / Starushka na plyonke (uncredited)

Aleksey Neklyudov

Zakadrovyy tekst (voice) (uncredited)

Kseniya Novikova

Solistka gerl-gruppy Alisy (uncredited)

Galina Stakhanova

Starushka na plyonke (uncredited)

Stepan Starchikov

Zakadrovyy golos (voice) (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The name of the motor ship appearing at the beginning of the film is M-43 (M stands for Moskvich class). The song playing on the ship is a Russian hit of the late 1980s, called "Na teplokhode muzyka igrayet" ("Music is Playing on the Motor Ship").

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This film broke all records in Russia and became the #1 box-office movie of all time. The record was broken the following year by the Russian movie Turetskiy gambit (2005).

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Originally, the film, as well as its sequels, was commissioned by Channel One as a four-part mini-series for television. The rushes impressed the executives so much that they decided the material merited big-screen treatment.

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Goofs

When they bring wounded Anton to Geser's office and lay him on the table, Anton's face has just a few smears of blood. When they are done pulling him across the table, Anton has blood all over his face.

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The Second time we see Yegor watching 'Buffy' on TV the shot shows one scene as he stops in front of the TV. He then turns and the reverse shot shows a different scene on the TV but the audio has continued from the original scene, a lot earlier in the episode.

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There is a shot of the damaged jetliner flying towards the vortex, viewed from behind. There are four distinct exhaust plumes from the four jet engines, despite the fact that one of the port engines was supposed to have been earlier destroyed by striking a crow.

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Quotes

Yegor: Mom? Mom! Are vampires real?

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Vampiress Larisa, initiate: [grasping for the jar of pig's blood] Give it to me!

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Vampiress Larisa, initiate: I want to live.

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Faq

Q

Are there going to be any more sequels?

A

It is unknown at this point as director Timur Bekmambetov put the film on hold to direct 2008's "Wanted," and has since been attached to other films.

Q

Is Anton a vampire?

A

No! Anton is not a vampire. Have you ever heard the saying, "if you want to catch a rat, think like a rat" or maybe "To defeat the enemy, you must become the enemy"? Because of his powers as an Other Anton was able to "channel" vampirism by drinking blood thus making him more in tune with the two vampires he was tracking. Think of it like Rogue from the X-Men being able to touch someone and gain their powers for a short period of time afterwards.

Q

Where can I get a copy of the uncut Russian version?

A

You can order the director's cut version from European dvd retailers, for example the British or German amazon domains, amazon.co.uk or amazon.de.Please make sure that in either case your dvd player is compatible with other countries region codes.

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