Dark Web Series – Dark Netflix Review

One of the web series that is making waves across the world is the Dark web series on Netflix. The Dark Web Series is a German thriller and the first German original series on Netflix. Dark Season 1 released in 2017 and was followed by Dark Season 2 in 2019 while the final Dark Season 3 released in June 2020.

The series is in the Sci-Fi genre but also explores complex human relations in the backdrop of fantasy. Many viewers have found it to be one of the most mentally exhausting show. What is it that evokes such reactions for the Dark web series on Netflix? What is the plot of the Dark web series? For answers to these questions and more keep reading this post. We have Dark on Netflix explained for you as well as have our Dark Netflix review for you.

Dark Web Series – A Mystery That Spans Three Generations

Have you ever felt a sense of Deja Vu? A feeling that what is happening has happened before! Do you think of crossroads in your own life, of moments and decisions which altered the course of your life? These are some facts on which the makers of the Dark web series have spun an intriguing web of intertwined characters and stories.

The other presumption on which the plot is woven is the belief amongst many cultures of the world that time is cyclical. For example as per Hindu mythology and ancient belief time is broken up into four eras called Yugas and these occur one after the other in a cyclical form. So what is the web series Dark on Netflix all about? Read on as we delve into the plot.

Plot of Dark

The plot of Dark unveils in the small fictional town of Winden. It is like any other small town in Germany with a close-knit community. A town where everyone knows each other. The only difference is that the town has a nuclear power plant which is crucial to the plot. The story revolves around four families of the town, namely, the Nielsens, the Dopplers, the Kahnwalds, and the Tiedemanns.

Things are normal with teenagers hanging out at the lake near the town, families socializing, some extra-marital affairs, and expressions of human emotions like possessiveness, jealousy, etc.. Things change, when the youngest son of the Nielsens vanishes without a trace. From here the plot whirls on its axis and enters a black hole of timelessness and draws viewers into a bewildering and confusing vortex of time travel. The story zooms in and out of different time periods, from the present to the past, 1986, 1953, and beyond, and also leaps into the future as you are welcomed to the year 2053!

From then on through the 26 episodes spanning three seasons, the viewer is kept guessing as to the relationship of various characters and what time period they are from. The characters travel from one time period to another with the ease of travelling from the bedrooms to the drawing rooms of their houses. They are, ‘The Travelers”.

At the centre of the conundrum of time and its mysteries is the nuclear power plant which is poised on the threshold of a disaster, which has the echoes of Chernobyl. In fact, Chernobyl is mentioned a few times in the series.

Dark Netflix trailer

Review Series Dark

The Dark web series would appeal to you especially if you into the Sci-Fi genre and love stories of time travel. The plot is interesting and every episode is something of a mental challenge as you grapple to place the characters with reference to their relationship with other characters and the everchanging dimension of time. The initial episodes are interesting. But later on, you get the feeling of deja vu yourself watching similar kind of stuff episode after episode, and you feel that the director and writers are themselves caught and enmeshed in the timeless web that they have themselves woven. But whatever it may be, the series has a strange and haunting attraction that grabs your attention and holds it.

Dark Netflix Cast

The Dark web series consists of 26 episodes spread over three seasons. the series is conceived and directed by Baran Bo Odar and writing credits across various episodes are shared by Jantje Friese, Marc O. Seng, Martin Behnke, Ronny Schalk, and Daphne Ferraro. The main cast is as below and lists the various actors who play the different Dark characters.

Jonas Kahnwald as a child is played by Jonas Gerzabek, as a teen is played by Louis Hofmann, as an adult (The Stranger) is played by Andreas Pietschmann, and as an old man (Adam) is played by Dietrich Hollinderbäumer.

Hannah Kahnwald as a teenager is played by Maja Schöne and as an adult is played by Ella Lee.

Michael Kahnwald as an adult is played by Sebastian Rudolph and as the child, Mikkel is played by Daan Lennard Liebrenz.

Ines Kahnwald as a teenager played by Lena Urzendowsky, as an adult is played by Anne Ratte-Polle, and as an old woman by Angela Winkler.

Ulrich Nielsen as a teenager is played by Ludger Bökelmann, as an adult is played by Oliver Masucci, and as an old man is played by Winfried Glatzeder.

Katharina Nielsen as a teenager is played by Nele Trebs, and as an adult is played by Jördis Triebel.

Martha Nielsen as a child is played by Luna Arwen Krüger, as a teenager is played by Lisa Vicari, as an adult is played by Nina Kronjäger, and as an elder is played by Barbara Nüsse.

Magnus Nielsen as a teen is played by Moritz Jahn, and as an adult is played by Wolfram Koch.

Tronte Nielsen as a child is played by Joshio Marlon, as an adult is played by Felix Kramer, and as an old man is played by Walter Kreye.

Charlotte Doppler as a teen is played by Stephanie Amarell, and as an adult is played by Karoline Eichhorn.

Peter Doppler as a teen is played by Pablo Striebeck, and as an adult is played by Stephan Kampwirth.

Elisabeth Doppler as a child is played by Carlotta von Falkenhayn, as an adult is played by Sandra Borgmann.

Franziska Doppler as a teen is played by Gina Alice Stiebitz, and as an adult is played by Carina Wiese.

Helge Doppler as a child is played by Tom Philipp, as an adult is played by Peter Schneider, and as an old man is played by Hermann Beyer.

H.G. Tannhaus as an adult is played by Arnd Klawitter, and as an elderly man is played by Christian Steyer.

Egon Tiedemann as an adult is played by Sebastian Hülk, and as an elderly man is played by Christian Pätzold.

Claudia Tiedemann as a child is played by Gwendolyn Göbel, as an adult is played by Julika Jenkins, and as an old lady is played by Lisa Kreuzer.

Regina Tiedemann as a teen is played by Lydia Makrides, and as an adult is played by Deborah Kaufmann.

Aleksander Tiedemann as a teen is played by Béla Gabor Lenz, and as an adult is played by Peter Benedict.

Bartosz Tiedemann as a teen is played by Paul Lux, and as an adult is played by Roman Knižka.

We hope you liked reading about the Dark web series on Netflix. Have you watched Dark? How did you find it? Do let us know your thoughts through our comments section.

 

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