Dark
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| Episodes: | 26 |
| Year: | 2017-2020 |
| Country: | Germany |
| Seasons: | 3 |
| Seasons Breakdown: | (1) 10, (2) 8, (3) 8 |
| Category: | Time Travel |
| Colour: | Yes |
| Format: | Series |
| Company: | Wiedemann and Berg Television |
| Creator: | Baran Bo Odar and Jantje Friese |
| Run Time (mins): | 44–73 |
| Language: | German |
| Type of Show: | Live Action |
| Status: | Ended |
| Broadcaster: | |
Summary
The Dark is a German science‑fiction drama set in the small town of Winden, where the unexplained disappearance of several children exposes long‑buried secrets, interwoven family histories, and a time‑travel conspiracy spanning more than a century. The narrative centres on four interconnected families, the Kahnwald, Nielsen, Doppler, and Tiedemann lineages—whose lives unravel as the true nature of Winden’s past and future comes to light.
Season One: The Emergence of the Cycle (2019, 1986, 1953)
The story begins in 2019, when children start vanishing under mysterious circumstances. As the families search for answers, they uncover a wormhole hidden within the cave system beneath Winden’s nuclear power plant. This anomaly links 2019, 1986, and 1953, allowing characters to travel between these periods.
As the season progresses, the personal histories of the four families are revealed to be deeply entangled. Hidden relationships, generational secrets, and the origins of the missing children are gradually exposed. The conspiracy surrounding Winden’s past, and the role of the power plant, forms the backbone of the unfolding mystery.
Season Two: The Countdown to the Apocalypse (2020, 1987, 1954, 2053, 1921)
Set several months after the first season’s events, the second season expands the timeline further, incorporating 2020, 1987, and 1954, as well as the post‑apocalyptic 2053 and the foundational year 1921.
A central focus of the season is the rise of Sic Mundus Creatus Est, a secretive organisation engaged in a temporal conflict over the fate of Winden and the world. As the families attempt to reunite with their missing members, they become entangled in this ideological struggle. The season builds toward the prophesied apocalypse, which threatens to destroy the existing timeline.
Season Three: Two Worlds, One Origin (1888, 1954, 1987, 2019, 2020, 2052, 2053)
The final season introduces a parallel world that mirrors the original but diverges in key events. The narrative follows characters across both worlds as they navigate the aftermath of the 2020 apocalypse and attempt to understand the connection between the two realities.
The season continues storylines in 1954, 1987, 2020, and 2053 in the original world, while adding 1888, 2019, and 2052 in the parallel world. These timelines collectively reveal the origins of the temporal knot binding both worlds and illuminate the motivations of the factions seeking to preserve or destroy the cycle.
Season three functions simultaneously as a continuation and a retrospective, showing how pivotal events across all eras shaped the tragedies and paradoxes at the heart of the series.
Cast
Jonas Kahnwald JONAS GERZABEK/LOUIS HOFMANN/ANDREAS PIETSCHMANN/DIETRICH HOLLINDERBÄUMER, Hannah Kahnwald ELLA LEE/MAJA SCHÖNE, Ines Kahnwald LENA URZENDOWSKY/ANNE RATTE-POLLE/ANGLEA WINKLER, Daniel Kahnwald FLORIAN PANZNER, Martha Nielson LUNA ARWEN KRÜGER/LISA VICARI/NINA KRONJÄGER/BARBARA NÜSSE.
Sources : Dark (TV series) - Wikipedia