--- title: 'The Darkest Hour (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'Chris Gorak' released: '2011-12-22' runtime_minutes: 89 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Action' - 'Horror' - 'Science Fiction' - 'Thriller' countries: - 'Russia' - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-darkest-hour-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093357/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Darkest Hour (2011) 2011 · PG-13 · 89 min · Action, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · Russia, United States ## Synopsis The Darkest Hour is a 2011 science fiction action film directed by Chris Gorak from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman as a group of people caught in an alien invasion. The film was released on December 22, 2011 in Russia by 20th Century Fox and on December 25, 2011, in the United States by Summit Entertainment, and grossed $65 million on a $35 million budget. ## Credits - **Director:** [Chris Gorak](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-gorak) - **Screenplay:** [Jon Spaihts](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-spaihts) - **Original Music Composer:** [Tyler Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/tyler-bates) - **Producer:** [Timur Bekmambetov](https://cinepixo.com/people/timur-bekmambetov) - **Director of Photography:** [Scott Kevan](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-kevan) - **Editor:** [Priscilla Nedd-Friendly](https://cinepixo.com/people/priscilla-nedd-friendly) ## Cast - [Gosha Kutsenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/gosha-kutsenko) - [Joel Kinnaman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-kinnaman) - [Max Minghella](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-minghella) - [Olivia Thirlby](https://cinepixo.com/people/olivia-thirlby) - [Artur Smolyaninov](https://cinepixo.com/people/artur-smolyaninov) - [Emile Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-hirsch) - [Rachael Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachael-taylor) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://video.foxjapan.com/movies/darkesthour/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-darkest-hour-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q964657); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.