Into the Darkness

Name: Into the Darkness
Genre: Drama, War
Released: May 21, 2021
Duration: 152 min
Rating: 49
Cast: Bodil Jørgensen, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Jesper Christensen, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk

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Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: May 21, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bodil Jørgensen, Gustav Dyekjær Giese, Jesper Christensen, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Lue Dittmann Støvelbæk, Mads Reuther, Pernille Højmark, Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard Christensen, Steen Stig Lommer, Sylvester Byder

Summary: Through a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War II. Like the government, the farmers and the industry, the father, a successful owner of a big electronics factory, tries to make the best of the situation to keep the wheels rolling. However this leads himThrough a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War II. Like the government, the farmers and the industry, the father, a successful owner of a big electronics factory, tries to make the best of the situation to keep the wheels rolling. However this leads him into a problematic collaboration with the Germans. His son, on the contrary, reacts against the increasing oppression and persecution of jews and communists by joining the rising resistance movement.… Expand

Director: Anders Refn

Genre(s): Drama, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 152 min

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Alex Saveliev

May 24, 2021

Into the Darkness serves as a keen portrait of a deeply divided country, unsure of where its allegiance lies. Heavy-handed and slow-moving at times, further bogged down by extended speeches about the future of Denmark’s economy/industry, this behemoth nevertheless impresses, simply due to the sophistication of it all. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

May 28, 2021

The title De forbandede år [Into the Darkness] isn’t therefore solely about Hitler’s shadow absorbing Denmark into its empire. It’s about the insidiousness of white supremacy consuming those who believed themselves immune days earlier. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Mar 3, 2021

If you have 152 minutes to sink into this morass of moral complexity and finely observed period detail, then it may well be worth it, although the ending is bizarrely, perplexingly abrupt. Perhaps there will be a follow-up feature. Read full review

The Telegraph Robbie Collin

Mar 12, 2021

Refn and Flemming Quist Møller’s screenplay is very good at showing how a destructive belief system such as Nazism can slowly seep through institutions, thanks to nothing more sinister than ordinary people deciding not to rock the boat. Read full review

Steve Davis

May 19, 2021

You’d think this chapter in Danish history would inspire passion in a native filmmaker, but the movie lacks fervency. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

May 20, 2021

While the plot is absorbing, the movie continually has characters voice their motivations, leaving little to subtext. Read full review

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