Denmark, 1998
98m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
stereo
A Danish horror film directed by Shaky González.
Plot Summary
Rebecca takes her boyfriend and best friend to stay in the spooky old mansion she’s inherited from her grandmother and in the cellars, they discover an old book recounting the life of a notorious vampire. It isn’t long before the vampire, Rebecca’s grandfather Rico, is back from the dead looking for new victims.
Credits
Crew
Director: Shaky González
Wise Guy Productions present a film of Shaky González. A Thomas Stegler production
Executive Producer: Peter Aalbeck Jensen, Henrik Danstrup
Producer: Thomas Stegler
Script: Lars C. Detlefsen, Shaky González, Stefano González
Director of Photography: Jacob V. Kusk
Editor: Miriam Nørgaard
Music: Søren Hyldgaard
Sound Recordists: Allan Holmberg, Kim Lytje, Kasper Munck-Hansen
Costumers: Susanne Khatib, Signe Sejlund
Make Up Artist: Jeanne Müller
Hair: Ingemette Baun Christensen, Kristina Lauritsen, Liana Maj Madsen, Jeanne Müller, Christina Rasmussen
Special Effects: Poul Arne Kring, Hans Peter Ludvigsen, Glenn E. Nielsen
Art Directors: Eva Gøttrup, Mie Sand Sørensen
Cast
Maria Karlsen [real name: Maria Stokholm] (Rebecca)
Tomas Villum Jensen (Mads)
Mette Louise Holland (Charlotte)
Svend Johansen (bishop)
Claus Flygare (chief of police)
Hans Henrik Voetmann (mayor)
Ole Hvidman (blacksmith)
Karin Rørbeck (Marie)
Lise-Lotte Norup (Leilah)
Christian Grønvall (Rikard)
Beate Bille (Rikard’s wife)
Thomas Bo Larsen (Gary)
Nikolaj Coster Waldau (Frankie)
Ulrich Thomsen (Alex)
Mads Mikkelsen (Ronnie)
Stefano González (Nick, Lumiere)
Dennis Dean [real name: Dennis Dean Sølvberg] (Tim, Athos)
Kenneth Carmohn (Stony, Aramis)
Lenny Stjernelund (Martin, Porthos)
Charlotte Juul (Lucky)
Alternative Titles
L’Àngel de la nit – Spain (Catalan)
Angel of the Night – Taiwan, USA (DVD)
Engel der Finsternis – Germany
Nattens Ängel – Sweden
La Nuit des vampires – France
Yön enkeli – Finland
Links
Extracts included in
Bag om filmen Nattens engel (1998)
References
Books
- Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 by John Edgar Browning and Caroline Joan (Kay) Picart pp.131-132
