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Out of the Darkness

2022 · 154 min Drama War
7.1 / 10 · TMDB

The Skov family navigates life in occupied Denmark as the policy of cooperation with the Nazis crumbles. Karl, the patriarch and owner of a weapons factory, walks a tightrope between lucrative German contracts and the burgeoning Resistance movement, which now includes his own children. His daughter Elisabeth operates in the shadows of the underground, while his sons choose divergent paths—one joins the fight, the other clings to neutrality. As German brutality intensifies, each family member's personal choices lead to irreversible and tragic consequences, tearing their world apart from 1943 through the war's end.

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Original Title De forbandede år 2
Year 2022
Country Denmark
Genre Drama, War
Director Anders Refn
Runtime 154 min.
Rating TMDB: 7.1/10 (23 votes)

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This sequel is a meticulous study of the moral cost of survival, masterfully portraying how political occupation fractures a family from within. Director Anders Rønnow trades spectacle for simmering psychological tension, building a claustrophobic pressure cooker within the family home.

What lingers after the credits is the profound weight of impossible choices and the haunting performance by Jeppe Birkholm as the patriarch, Karl. It’s a sobering reminder of war’s intimate casualties. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Anders Refn

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The oppressive silence of a wealthy home, strained family dinners, whispers of conspiracy in dimly lit rooms.

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