| Murk | |
| Director: | Jannik Johansen |
| Producer: | Thomas Gammeltoft Hanne Palmquist Ole Bendixen Mike Downey Sam Taylor Zorana Piggott Søren Poulsen |
| Starring: | Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nicolas Bro |
| Music: | Antony Genn |
| Cinematography: | Rasmus Videbæk |
| Editing: | Per K. Kirkegaard |
| Studio: | Film and Music Entertainment Fine & Mellow Productions |
| Distributor: | Nordisk Film Biografdistribution |
| Runtime: | 124 minutes |
| Country: | Denmark United Kingdom |
| Language: | Danish |
| Budget: | 22,000,000 DKK [1] |
Murk (da|Mørke) / is a 2005 Danish horror and psychological thriller film.[2] The film was directed by Jannik Johansen, who wrote the screenplay along with Anders Thomas Jensen.[3] The film stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Nicolas Bro.[4]
Julie, a wheelchair-user, is said to have committed suicide on her wedding night. Her brother Jacob, who is a journalist, follows her ex-fiance to the Danish village of Mørke. Upon meeting him, Jacob discovers that he is going to marry another handicapped woman. Upon these revelations, Jacob investigates whether Julie's ex-fiance is murdering women who are handicapped.[5]
The film was screened at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 19 August 2005[6] and on 23 August 2005 at the Copenhagen International Film Festival. The film was released in Denmark on 7 October 2005.[7]
Bodil Awards - 2006
Robert Festival - 2006
Marcel Sarmiento and Gadi Harel directed the American adaptation of the film entitled Merciless.[8] The Gold Circle Films project was rewritten in late December 2009 by Ed Dougherty[9] and was released in 2011.[10]