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''Dark'' is a German
science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...
thriller television series co-created by
Baran bo Odar
Baran bo Odar (born 18 April 1978) is a German film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for co-creating the Netflix series ''Dark'' (2017–2020) and ''1899'' (2022) with his creative and romantic partner, Jantje Friese.
His f ...
and
Jantje Friese
Jantje Friese (born 1977) is a German film producer and screenwriter known for co-creating the Netflix series ''Dark'' (2017–2020) and ''1899'' (2022) with her creative and romantic partner Baran bo Odar.
Work
Jantje Friese studied productio ...
.
It ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. The story follows characters from the
fictional village of Winden, Germany, as they pursue the truth in the aftermath of a child's disappearance. They follow connections between four estranged families to unravel a sinister
time travel
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conspiracy which spans several generations. The series explores the existential implications of time and its effect on human nature. It features an ensemble cast.
''Dark'' debuted on 1 December 2017 on
Netflix
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; it is the service's first
German-language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a c ...
original series
Original programming (also called originals or original programs, and subcategorized as "original series", "original movies", "original documentaries" and "original specials") is a term used for in-house television, film or web series productions ...
. The second season was released on 21 June 2019,
while the third and final season was released on 27 June 2020.
''Dark'' received critical acclaim, with praise for its tone, visuals, acting, casting, musical score, and the ambition and complexity of its narrative. The series' ending also received critical praise, with many calling it a "satisfying" conclusion. In 2021, the ''
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Overview
Children start vanishing from the German town of Winden, bringing to light the fractured relationships, double lives, and the dark pasts of four families living there, and unfurling a mystery that spans four generations.
The first season begins in 2019, but later grows to include 1986 and 1953 via
time travel
Time travel is the concept of movement between certain points in time, analogous to movement between different points in space by an object or a person, typically with the use of a hypothetical device known as a time machine. Time travel is a w ...
, when members of the show's central families become aware of a
wormhole
A wormhole (Einstein-Rosen bridge) is a hypothetical structure connecting disparate points in spacetime, and is based on a special Solutions of the Einstein field equations, solution of the Einstein field equations.
A wormhole can be visualize ...
in the cave system beneath the local nuclear power plant. During the first season, secrets are revealed concerning the Kahnwald, Nielsen, Doppler, and Tiedemann families, and their lives begin crumbling as their ties are exposed. The conspiracy involves the missing children and the history of the town and its citizens.
The second season continues the intertwining families' attempts to reunite with their missing loved ones, several months after the first-season finale, in 2020, 1987 and 1954, respectively. Additional story-lines are set in 2053 and 1921. The second season introduces Sic Mundus Creatus Est, a major faction in the ongoing battle for the ultimate fate of the people of Winden and the world. The season counts down towards the
apocalypse
Apocalypse () is a literary genre in which a supernatural being reveals cosmic mysteries or the future to a human intermediary. The means of mediation include dreams, visions and heavenly journeys, and they typically feature symbolic imager ...
.
The third season follows the four families across time in the wake of the apocalypse in 2020. It introduces a
parallel world tethered to the first. The third season continues the 1954, 1987, 2020 and 2053 storylines in the first world, while also adding a new 1888 storyline and 2019 and 2052 in the second world, as the factions further their own desires for each world. The season also showcases the main events between all of these years, continuing the events of the season while also serving as backstory for the events of the first two seasons.
Cast and characters
The first season takes place primarily in 2019 but expands to include stories set in 1986, 1953, and – in the final scene of the first season – 2052, with several characters portrayed at various ages by multiple actors.
The second season takes place several months after the first, depicting the initial stories in 2020, 1987, and 1954, respectively, while continuing the future-set storyline into 2053, and adding a fifth storyline, set in 1921.
The third season introduces a storyline based in 1888 and a parallel reality featuring alternate versions of many main characters.
Main characters
Recurring cast
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Jennipher Antoni
Jennipher Antoni (born 6 April 1976) is a German actress.
Life
Jennipher (Jenny) Antoni is the daughter of Antoni Malte (1944–1988) and actress Carmen-Maja Antoni (born 1945). She studied Japanese and Russian at the Humboldt University in ...
as Ulla Obendorf, Erik Obendorf's mother in 2019 (season 1)
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Nils Brunkhorst as the high school's science teacher in 2019 (seasons 1, 3)
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Lena Dörrie as Clara Schrage, a nurse attending to Helge Doppler in 2019 (season 1)
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Tara Fischer as a friend of Katharina in 1986–1987 (seasons 1–3)
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Leopold Hornung as Torben Wöller, a junior police officer in 2019–2020, Benni/Bernadette's brother (seasons 1–3)
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Tom Jahn as Jürgen Obendorf, Erik Obendorf's father in 2019–2020 (seasons 1–3)
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Anna König as Edda Heimann, a pathologist in 2019 (seasons 1, 3)
* Vico Mücke as Yasin Friese, Elisabeth Doppler's friend in 2019 (season 1)
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Henning Peker as Udo Meier, a pathologist in 1953–1954 (seasons 1–2)
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Barbara Philipp as Selma Ahrens, a caseworker in 1986 (season 1)
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Paul Radom as Erik Obendorf, a teenage drug dealer gone missing in 2019 (season 1)
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Anton Rubtsov as Benni/Bernadette, a
transgender
A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through tr ...
prostitute in 2019–2020, Torben's sister (seasons 1–3)
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Sammy Scheuritzel as Kilian Obendorf, Erik Obendorf's brother and Martha and Bartosz's classmate in 2019's alternative world (seasons 1, 3)
* Anna Schönberg as Donata Kraus, a nurse and Ines Kahnwald's co-worker in 1986 (season 1)
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Andreas Schröders as a power plant worker in 2020 (season 2)
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Mieke Schymura as Justyna Jankowski, a junior police officer in 2019–2020 (seasons 1–3)
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Axel Werner as Gustav Tannhaus, H.G. Tannhaus' grandfather and an industrialist fascinated with time travel (season 3)
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Lea Willkowsky as Jasmin Trewen, Claudia Tiedemann's secretary in 1986–1987 (seasons 1–3)
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Roland Wolf
Roland Wolf was an Austrian luger who competed from the late 1980s to the early 1990s. A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's doubles event at the 1992 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Bad Goisern
Bad o ...
as a police officer and co-worker of Egon Tiedemann in 1953–1954 (seasons 1–2)
Family trees
Episodes
Season 1 (2017)
Season 2 (2019)
Season 3 (2020)
Production
Netflix
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approved the series in February 2016 for a first season consisting of ten one-hour episodes.
Principal photography started on 18 October 2016 in and around Berlin (including Saarmund and Tremsdorf in
Brandenburg
Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a states of Germany, state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony, as well as the country of Poland. With an ar ...
), and ended in March 2017.
The church where Jonas meets Noah was filmed at the in
Stahnsdorf. The high school location was filmed at the Reinfelder Schule in Berlin's
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf () is the fourth borough of Berlin, formed in an administrative reform with effect from 1 January 2001, by merging the former boroughs of Charlottenburg and Wilmersdorf.
Overview
Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf covers the w ...
neighbourhood. The bridge and the train tracks were filmed on the abandoned in the middle of the Düppeler forest near
Lake Wannsee.
The series was filmed in 4K (
Ultra HD
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) resolution. It is the first German-language Netflix original series and follows a trend of internationally produced Netflix originals, including the Mexican series ''
Club de Cuervos'' in 2015, the Brazilian series ''
3%'' in 2016, the Italian series ''
Suburra: Blood on Rome'' in 2017, and the Indian series ''
Sacred Games'' in 2018.
Principal photography for the second season took place
on location in Berlin from June 2018.
Filming for the third season began in May 2019 and wrapped in December 2019.
Music
Season 1
Track listing
Season 2
Track listing
Season 3
Track listing
Apart from the score, numerous pre-released songs were also used throughout the series. The song "Goodbye" by
Apparat in collaboration with
Soap&Skin
Soap&Skin is the experimental musical project of Austrian artist Anja Plaschg (born 5 April 1990).
Life
Anja Plaschg grew up in a small village called Poppendorf (near Gnas) in south east Styria, where her parents have a farm. She has played ...
was used as the opening theme for the episodes. Songs by the vocal ensemble
Roomful of Teeth
Roomful of Teeth is a vocal ensemble founded in 2009 by Brad Wells. Its stated mission is to "mine the expressive potential of the human voice". were also heavily featured on multiple episodes; the third movement of
Caroline Shaw
Caroline Adelaide Shaw (born August 1, 1982) is an American composer, violinist, and singer. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for her a cappella piece ''Partita for 8 Voices'' and the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary ...
's ''
Partita for 8 Voices
''Partita for 8 Voices'' is an a cappella composition by American composer Caroline Shaw. It was composed from 2009 through 2012 for the vocal group Roomful of Teeth and was released on their Grammy Award-winning self-titled debut album on 30 ...
'' was featured prominently in season one, and
Alev Lenz's "May the Angels", also featuring Roomful of Teeth, was used in the season two episode five, "Lost and Found".
Release
The first season of the series was released on 1 December 2017.
A second season was announced with a short teaser on the German Facebook pages of the series and Netflix on 20 December 2017. On 26 April 2019, a second season was announced which was released on 21 June 2019.
On 26 May 2020, a third and final season was announced, which was released on 27 June 2020.
Reception
Critical response
''Dark'' received critical acclaim and has been listed by many publications as one of the best TV shows of the years 2017, 2019, and 2020, as well as of the 2010s, 21st century, and of all time. ''
Vulture
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'' included the series in its article ''A Guide to TV Shows in the 2010s'' as one of the most notable shows of the decade. ''
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