Into the Darkness (2020)
- Original title
- De forbandede år
- Directed by
- Anders Refn
- Genre
- drama film, war film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 2h 33m
- Rated
- 15
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 48 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During the early years of World War II in Denmark, a factory-owning family faces difficult choices to survive and protect their business. Each member takes a different path, from resisting German influence to supporting the Nazis, creating deep divisions at home.
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What happens
Into the Darkness (Danish: De forbandede år – "the cursed years") is a 2020 Danish drama film directed by Anders Refn. It is the first of two films following the members of the Skov family as they live through the first years of Denmark's involvement in World War II, from the German invasion in April 1940 until the end of 1942 and the imminent defeat of Axis forces engaged in the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union. The sequel Out of the Darkness depicts the family as it navigates the later years of the war. The film depicts the owners of a Copenhagen electronics factory, Karl and Eva Skov and their children as they follow disparate paths, including Karl's and Eva's efforts to keep the factory open to provide for its employees while avoiding collaboration with Germany; their daughter marrying a German Navy officer; one son joining the pro-Nazi Free Corps Denmark in order to fight Communism and another participating in a Communist-aligned cell of the Danish resistance movement. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Hvidstengruppen II - De efterladte (2021)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.