News from the North

Into the Darkness

2 hr. 32 min. | History, War, Available online | Pegi 13

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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 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.


Anders Refn

Anders Refn

Anders Refn graduated from the National Film School of Denmark. He has credits for 72 features and TV series, as well as a 10 shorts and 26 documentaries. Refn has often worked as assistant director and technical director, and worked with Lars von Trier as editor of Breaking the Waves (1996) and Antichrist (2009). He was assistant director of Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), Melancholia, and Nymphomaniac (2013).
Languages
Danish
Subtitles
Lithuanian
Original title
De forbandede år
Produced
2020: Denmark

Film information

Director
Anders Refn
Producers
Lene Børglum
Screenplay
Flemming Quist Møller, Anders Refn
Cinematography
Morten Søborg, Claus Sisseck
Cast
Jesper Christensen, Patricia Schumann, Erik Madsen
More information
www.imdb.com

Screenings

Wednesday, 4 November

21:10

Skalvija · Hall 1

Past screening

Saturday, 14 November

17:30

Pasaka Senamiesčio · Didžioji

Past screening

Sunday, 15 November

21:00

Paupio Pasaka · Paupio salė

Past screening

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