Director: Per-Olav Sørensen
A family gathers for a traditional Swedish midsummer celebration, and by the time the bonfires die down, everything they thought they knew about each other has quietly come undone.
What is Midsummer Night (Mittsommernacht) about?
Midsummer Night centers on Carina, who pulls her extended family together for what should be a warm, familiar ritual — the kind of gathering built on flower crowns, long tables, and old songs everyone still remembers the words to. But the reunion doesn't stay peaceful for long. As relatives who haven't spoken honestly in years share the same rooms and the same meals, buried grievances start surfacing one by one. Director Per-Olav Sørensen lets the tension build slowly, using the holiday's cheerful surface as a contrast to what's happening underneath it: a family quietly reckoning with secrets that were easier to ignore from a distance. Pernilla August and Dennis Storhøi lead a Nordic ensemble that treats each revelation as an accumulation rather than a twist, so the drama feels less like a single explosion and more like a slow, uncomfortable unraveling that nobody at the table can stop.
Cast & crew
Pernilla August and Dennis Storhøi anchor the family at the center of the story, with Yngvild Støen Grotmol, Amalia Holm Bjelke, and Dagny Backer Johnsen among the younger generation caught in the fallout. Axel Bøyum, Fanny Klefelt, and Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen round out an ensemble built to carry a multi-generational household believably.
Context & significance
A 2024 Norwegian drama series directed by Per-Olav Sørensen, Midsummer Night unfolds in short, half-hour episodes that lean on the specific rhythms of Scandinavian family life and the midsummer tradition itself as a backdrop for its slower-burning conflicts.
Where & how to watch
Midsummer Night is available on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles, part of a catalog built for the Farsi-speaking diaspora. Browsing the page is free; watching the series requires signing into a K-Time account, with the full experience navigable in Farsi.