''The Rain'' is a Danish

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series created by Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen and Christian Potalivo. It premiered on

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on 4 May 2018. The show stars

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, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen,

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, Lukas Løkken, Jessica Dinnage, Sonny Lindberg, and Angela Bundalovic, with

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, Bertil De Lorenhmad, Evin Ahmad, and Johannes Bah Kuhnke in recurring roles. The latter two become main characters in the second season. On 30 May 2018, Netflix renewed ''The Rain'' for a second season, which was released on 17 May 2019, with 6 episodes. In June 2019, it was confirmed that the series was renewed for a third and final season, which was released on 6 August 2020.

Premise

When a virus that is carried by rainfall wipes out almost all humans in

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, Danish siblings Simone and Rasmus take shelter in a bunker. Six years later, they emerge to search for their father, a scientist who left them in the bunker but never returned. Along the way, they join a group of young survivors and together they travel across

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and

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, searching for a safe place, and for the siblings' father, who may be able to provide answers and a cure.

Cast

Main

as Simone Andersen * Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen as Rasmus Andersen *

as Martin * Lukas Løkken as Patrick * Jessica Dinnage as Lea (seasons 1–2) * Sonny Lindberg as Jean * Angela Bundalovic as Beatrice (season 1) * Natalie Madueño as Fie (season 2–3) * Clara Rosager as Sarah (season 2–3) * Evin Ahmad as Kira (season 2–3) *

Johannes Bah Kuhnke Kjell Dietrich Johannes Bah Kuhnke, (''né'' Kuhnke; born 17 April 1972) is a Swedish actor and singer. He has acted in several films and received international attention in 2014 for his role in the film ''Force Majeure''. In 2010, he participat ...

as Sten (recurring, season 1; main, season 2–3) * Rex Leonard as Daniel (season 3)

Recurring

as Dr. Frederik Andersen, Simone and Rasmus' father (seasons 1–2) * Jacob Luhmann as Thomas, Apollon "stranger" (seasons 1–2) *

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as Ellen Andersen, Simone and Rasmus' mother (season 1) * Bertil De Lorenzi as Young Rasmus (seasons 1–2) * Anders Juul as Jakob, Sarah's older brother (season 2) * Cecilia Loffredo as Luna (season 3)

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2018)

Season 2 (2019)

Season 3 (2020)

Production

Production on Season 1 commenced in late June 2017 in Denmark and Sweden.

announced on 30 May 2018 that the series would go into production for a second season at the end of 2018. The second season premiered on Netflix on 17 May 2019. Season 3 of ''The Rain'' premiered on Netflix on 6 August 2020.

References

External links

* on

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