Into the Darkness

Original title: De forbandede år

2020
2h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.9K

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Denmark, April 9th 1940. A Danish industrialist cooperates with the Germans and profits from the occupation of Denmark while his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.Denmark, April 9th 1940. A Danish industrialist cooperates with the Germans and profits from the occupation of Denmark while his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.Denmark, April 9th 1940. A Danish industrialist cooperates with the Germans and profits from the occupation of Denmark while his family finds themselves on opposite sides of the conflict.

Director
- Anders Refn
Writers
- Flemming Quist Møller
- Anders Refn
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Anders Refn
Writers
- Flemming Quist Møller
- Anders Refn
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

Videos3

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Trivia
Denmark and Norway were invaded on the same day; 9th April 1940. Jesper Christensen, who plays Karl Skov in this film about the invasion of Denmark, portrayed King Haakon VII in "The King's Choice" which centred around the German invasion of Norway.

Goofs
Royal Oak that was sunk in Scapa Flow by U47 was a Battleship and not a Carrier.

Connections
Followed by Out of the Darkness (2022)

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Featured review

8/10

Very good...and then it stops

WWII history is an interest of mine, so this movie caught my eye when scrolling for WWII films I had not yet seen.

The occupation of Denmark by the Nazis is of particular interest to me after studying WWII and reading novels like "Hornet Flight" by Ken Follett.

This movie starts out very broad. There are a wide range of characters and the film does a good job of providing some depth to each of them. This, in my opinion, is the best part of the movie.

A wealthy industrialist Danske family navigates the occupation in a variety of ways due to conflicting opinions within the immediate and extended family.

It was a historically accurate film with views from both sides of the war that sadly ended far too quickly, leaving the audience craving more from the characters so deeply introduced.