- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Release: 2011-07-12
- Director: Richard Laxton
- Writers: Sarah Waters , Paula Milne
- Language: English
- Stars: Jenna Augen , Neal Barry , Claudie Blakley , Lucy Briers , Richard Cambridge , Kenneth Cranham , Chas Early , JJ Feild , Claire Foy , Liam Garrigan
- Runtime: 89 min
- Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination
- AKA: The Night Watch (United Kingdom) , The Night Watch , Éjjeli őrség (Hungary) , The Night Watch (Australia) , Ronde de nuit (France, French Republic) , Ночной дозор (Russian Federation) , Nyhterini synantisi (Greece)
- Plot: In post-war London, Viv Pearce is dating Reggie and runs a dating bureau with Helen Giniver, who lives with her older lover, authoress Julia Standing. Viv's younger brother Duncan, a gay man made to feel ashamed of his orientation, has been in prison and is sought out by his ex-cell-mate, Robert Fraser, who served time as a conscientious objector and is now concerned for the young man's welfare. Viv encounters Kay Langrish, a wealthy, reclusive, butch lesbian and for both women this evokes memories of the period three years earlier (1944) when Kay was an heroic ambulance driver in a happy, loving relationship with Helen -- before Kay introduced her to her ex-lover Julia. At that time, Viv and Reggie are forced to procure the services of a dentist moonlighting as an abortionist. About to die from blood loss, and having been abandoned by Reggie, Kay saves her from prosecution by claiming she was a married woman who had miscarried. Three years before that (1941) Kay and Julia are still an item and Viv meets unhappily married soldier Reggie on a train. Kay pulls Helen from the wreckage of a bombed house, finding the innocent young woman she has always wanted to love and care for. We also learn the gruesome details of why Duncan was in prison, which follows a suicide pact with the boy he loved, in response to the war and the draft. As the scene returns to 1947 there are happier endings for some and optimist outlooks for others as they move forward.
- IMDB:tt1789074
The Night Watch Cast · · · ALL
Richard Laxton
Director
Anna Maxwell Martin
Kay Langrish
Claire Foy
Helen Giniver
Jodie Whittaker
Vivian Pearce
Anna Wilson-Jones
Julia Standing
Harry Treadaway
Duncan Pearce
JJ Feild
Robert Fraser
Liam Garrigan
Reggie Nigri
Claudie Blakley
Nancy Carmichael
Kenneth Cranham
Horace Mundy
Jenna Augen
Iris Knight
Neal Barry
Mr Bryant
Lucy Briers
Binkie
Richard Cambridge
Policeman
Chas Early
Prisoner #1
Richard Huw
James Imrie
Stephen Matthews
Auntie Vi
Paul Ritter
Mr Pearce
Kris Saddler
Airman
Alex Waldmann
Alec Jennings
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
Lauren
Tom Weston-Jones
Jack Brown