INTO THE DARKNESS
by Anders Refn
synopsis
Through a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War 2. 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 in order 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.
international title: | Into the Darkness |
original title: | De forbandede år |
country: | Denmark |
year: | 2020 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Anders Refn |
film run: | 152' |
release date: | DK 9/01/2020 |
screenplay: | Flemming Quist Møller, Anders Refn |
cast: | Jesper Christensen, Patricia Schumann, Erik Madsen, Lisa Carlehed, Sara Viktoria Bjerregaard Christensen, Birthe Neumann, Julie Agnete Vang, Cyron Melville, Bodil Jørgensen, Mikael Birkkjær |
cinematography by: | Morten Søborg, Claus Sisseck |
film editing: | Michael Aaglund |
art director: | Sarah Maria Fritsche |
music: | Nikolaj Hess |
producer: | Lene Børglum |
co-producer: | Håvard Wettland Gossé |
production: | Space Rocket Nation |
distributor: | Scanbox Entertainment Denmark |