男主角伊万·麦奎格饰演法律系四年级的学生马丁到医学实验中心的停尸间打工当守夜人。他本以为这是一件轻松的工作，只需要整晚坐在那里看书打发时间。没想到上任第一天，从老守夜的介绍中就已令人感受到这个地方的阴森诡异……...

Based on a script by Bornedal, Shadows in My Eyes (Skyggen i mit ?je) will focus on the bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen in 1945, one of the most tragic events in Denmark during WW2, ...