Dark (2017)

2017 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · sci-fi-speculative, crime-detective-puzzle, family-relational

Dark is a German-language sci-fi mystery drama that uses an intricate multi-generational time-travel structure to explore determinism, free will, love, and loss across a small town across multiple centuries. It demands active, attentive viewing — reviewers advise note-taking and family-tree construction — and rewards that investment with a philosophically dense narrative that ties every detail into its looping, fatalistic logic. The tone is relentlessly bleak and atmospheric, closer to existential horror than genre entertainment, with a stunning original soundtrack, acclaimed multi-age casting, and cinematography that makes its modest budget invisible. It is widely regarded by its audience as a landmark of prestige television, and as a decisive argument for non-English-language drama.

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we were shocked it was a different actor and not the original with make up! Well done!

you should note every character's name on a paper, prepare a family tree otherwise it will be harder to remember

Every scene is saturated with substance. It's actually so good that I won't binge watch it. I take in each episode (possibly without blinking) and savor each experience.

I tired to watch this with the English dub but it was just terrible. It's the only show I've ever given a chance in a foreign language and I don't regret it.

the cinematography is great, the soundtrack is awesome (reminds me of Klaus Schulze at times), and the story-line is mind-boggling. This series is just miles above anything that leaves Hollywood.

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