Into the Darkness

What do you do when evil knocks on your door? Karlskov is a self made, successful owner of a large electronics factory, has a wife and five children. They live the good, privileged upper-class life on Strandvejen north of Copenhagen when the Nazis occupy Denmark in April 1940. Karl struggles to continue production at the factory, but to protect his family and employees he reluctantly begins to produce for the German market. And while one of his sons is joining the rising resistance movement, his daughter secretly falls in love and another son is moving in the opposite direction. Karlskov finds himself in a controversial collaboration with the occupying power and struggles hard to keep his family united. Into The Darkness is an epic family drama describing the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War 2. It almost feels like bingewatching the start of a great series, full of interesting characters, and it should be mentioned that a sequel is confirmed by director Anders Refn.