Black Gravel (Blu-ray)

Directed by Helmut Kautner

Release Year: 1961
Running Time: 114
UPC: 7 38329 25062 1
Optional English Subtitles: Yes
Color Type: B&W
Country: Germany
Language: German
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Cast
Helmut Wildt
Robert Neidhardt
Ingmar Zeisberg
Hans Cossy
Wolfgang Buttner

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Directed by Helmut Kautner
Writer Helmut Kautner

In this gripping Cold War noir, tensions simmer between residents of a small German village and the soldiers of a U.S. military base. Postwar economic hardship has turned the town of Sohnen into a vice district. The women serve as entertainment for the GIs, while the men struggle for survival in the black market. Helmed by Helmut Käutner (Port of Freedom), Black Gravel is hardboiled cinema at its most cynical, recalling such white-knuckle thrillers as Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages of Fear and Jules Dassin and A.I. Bezzerides’s Thieves’ Highway. Upon its initial release, Black Gravel was criticized for its honest depiction of lingering antisemitism—and the film was re-edited for general release. This Kino Classics edition presents both the uncensored “Premiere” cut and the revised “Distribution” version, both meticulously restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung.

 

Blu-ray Extras Include:

Includes both the uncensored "Premiere" version and the re-edited "Distribution" version of the film

Audio commentary by film historian Olaf Möller


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