

Black Gravel
1961-04-12 · 111 min · ★ 7.1
Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
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- Directors
- Helmut Käutner
- Production companies
- UFA
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Helmut WildtRobert Neidhardt
Ingmar ZeisbergInge Gaines
Hans CossyJohn Gaines
Wolfgang BüttnerOtto Krahne
Anita HöferElli
Heinrich TrimburEric Moeller
Peter NestlerBill Rodgers
Gisela Fischer
Ilse PagéKarla
Ernst JacobiKriminalbeamter
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