The Rain Genre Post-apocalyptic Created by Jenny Ann Balverde Esben Toft Jacobsen Christian Potalivo Written by Jannik Tai Mosholt Lasse Kyed Rasmussen Marie Østerbye Poul Berg Mette Heeno Directed by Kenneth Kainz Natasha Arthy Composer(s) AV AV AV Country of origin Denmark United States[1][2] Original language(s) Danish No. of episodes 8 Production Executive producer(s) Peter Bose Jonas Allen Producer(s) Christian Potalivo Production location(s) Denmark Cinematography Jesper Tøffner Rasmus Heise Editor(s) My Thordal Marlene Billie Andreasen Morten Egholm Benjamin Binderup Esben Bay Grundsøe Running time 35–48 minutes Production company(s) Miso Film Distributor Netflix Release Original network Netflix Original release May 4, 2018