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Rating: 7.5 stars

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radiance films black and white post-war west germany military occupation dog trauma black market accident

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Black Gravel (1961)

Directed by Helmut Käutner

Drama

Overview

Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

Length 111 minutes

Actors

Helmut Wildt | Ingmar Zeisberg | Hans Cossy | Wolfgang Büttner | Anita Höfer | Heinrich Trimbur | Peter Nestler | Edeltraut Elsner | Gisela Fischer | Max Buchsbaum | Karl Luley | Else Knott | Ilse Pagé | Erich Buschardt | Milton Krims | O.A. Buck | Guy Gehrke | Shirley O'Hara | Georg Lobewein | Ernst Jacobi

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Beautifully shot almost noir but grittier and bleaker, like a German “Last Exit To Brooklyn.”

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