Scripted series · Netflix
Dark
Everything is connected.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Louis Hofmann
Jonas Kahnwald
26 eps
Lisa Vicari
Martha Nielsen
26 eps
Andreas Pietschmann
The Stranger
26 eps
Daan Lennard Liebrenz
Mikkel Nielsen
14 eps
Dietrich Hollinderbäumer
Adam
13 eps
Maja Schöne
Hannah Kahnwald
26 eps
Stephan Kampwirth
Peter Doppler
26 eps
Mark Waschke
Noah
13 eps
Paul Lux
Bartosz Tiedemann
26 eps
Oliver Masucci
Ulrich Nielsen
17 eps
Jördis Triebel
Katharina Nielsen
26 eps
Karoline Eichhorn
Charlotte Doppler
26 eps
Angela Winkler
Ines Kahnwald
5 eps
Michael Mendl
Bernd Doppler
4 eps
Anne Lebinsky
Jana Nielsen
4 eps
Felix Kramer
Tronte Nielsen
4 eps
Walter Kreye
Tronte Nielsen
8 eps
Ludger Bökelmann
Ulrich Nielsen
6 eps
Lydia Maria Makrides
Regina Tiedemann
8 eps
Ella Lee
Hannah Kahnwald
7 eps
Lea Willkowsky
Secretary Jasmin Trewen
7 eps
Tara Fischer
Girl in School
4 eps
Luise Heyer
Doris Tiedemann
5 eps
Tom Jahn
Jürgen Obendorf
5 eps
Mieke Schymura
Police Officer Jankowski
7 eps
Florian Panzner
Daniel Kahnwald
6 eps
Cordelia Wege
Greta Doppler
6 eps
Sylvester Groth
Investigator Clausen
6 eps
Winfried Glatzeder
Old Ulrich Nielsen
5 eps
Nele Trebs
Katharina Nielsen
8 eps
Anne Ratte-Polle
Ines Kahnwald
9 eps
Antje Traue
Agnes Nielsen
7 eps
Lea van Acken
Girl from the Future
7 eps
Sandra Borgmann
Elisabeth Doppler
7 eps
Moritz Jahn
Magnus Nielsen
18 eps
Peter Benedict
Aleksander Tiedemann
17 eps
Gina Stiebitz
Franziska Doppler
16 eps
Sebastian Hülk
Egon Tiedemann
7 eps
Max Schimmelpfennig
Noah
7 eps
Carlotta von Falkenhayn
Elisabeth Doppler
14 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Dark actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Dark reads strongest on Tension, Character Depth and Bingeability.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
The run
Seasons
3 seasons · 26 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20175 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201710 episodes
8.2IMDbA missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
Best episode · S01E10 Alpha and Omega
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
20198 episodes
8.6IMDbSix months after the disappearances of Mikkel, Jonas and Ulrich, Winden's web of mysteries deepens -- and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Best episode · S02E08 Endings and Beginnings
Season 3 · Complete
Season 3
20208 episodes
8.5IMDbThe time-twisting madness reaches its conclusion in a strange new world, where some things are quite familiar — and others are disturbingly not.
Best episode · S03E08 The Paradise
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S03E08 · Signature episode
The Paradise
Claudia reveals to Adam how everything is connected — and how he can destroy the knot.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Jantje Friese
S02E08 · Signature episode
Endings and Beginnings
On the day of the apocalypse, Clausen executes a search warrant at the power plant as Jonas and Claudia use the time machine to connect past and future.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Jantje Friese, Daphne Ferraro
S02E04 · Signature episode
The Travelers
Jonas meets an ominous figure. While the kids comb the cave for answers, the adults gather in the bunker to share what they know about the travelers.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Martin Behnke, Jantje Friese
S03E07 · Signature episode
Between the Time
Across three centuries, Winden's residents continue their desperate quest to alter their fate and save their loved ones.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Jantje Friese
S02E06 · Signature episode
An Endless Cycle
Armed with a plan to prevent the apocalypse, Jonas travels to 2019. During the Nielsens' anniversary party, Ulrich sneaks off with Hannah.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Martin Behnke, Jantje Friese
S02E07
The White Devil
Martha meets the Stranger and learns his true identity. Claudia tries to prevent Egon's death in 1987. Hannah travels to 1954 to see Ulrich.
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Marc O. Seng, Jantje Friese
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S00E05
The big DARK farewell show
S03E02
The Survivors
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Marc O. Seng, Jantje Friese
S03E05
Life and Death
- Directed by Baran bo Odar
- Written by Jantje Friese
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Baran bo Odar
Showrunner
Jantje Friese
Creator
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Erik Barmack
Executive producer
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Kelly Luegenbiehl
Executive producer
Quirin Berg
Executive producer
Max Wiedemann
Executive producer
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Amanda Krentzman
Executive producer
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Justyna Müsch
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Martin Behnke
Writer
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Marc O. Seng
Writer
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Daphne Ferraro
Writer
- Photo unavailable
Ronny Schalk
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Erik BarmackExecutive Producer
- Kelly LuegenbiehlExecutive Producer
- Quirin BergExecutive Producer
- Baran bo OdarExecutive Producer
- Jantje FrieseExecutive Producer
- Max WiedemannExecutive Producer
Writing
- Martin BehnkeWriter
- Marc O. SengWriter
- Jantje FrieseWriter
- Daphne FerraroWriter
- Ronny SchalkWriter
Direction
- Baran bo OdarDirector
Cinematography
- Nikolaus SummererDirector of Photography
Music
- Ben FrostOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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