Black gravel = Schwarzer Kies / Universum-Film AG ; directed by Helmut Käunter ; screenplay by Helmut Käutner and Walter Ulbrich.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Käunter, Helmut, film director, screenwriter.

Ulbrich, Walter, 1910-1991, screenwriter.

Kino Classics (Firm), publisher.

UFA (Firm), production company.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Cold War--Economic aspects--Germany--Drama.

Cold War.

Cold War--Social aspects--Germany--Drama.

Prostitution--Germany--Drama.

Prostitution.

Economics.

Social aspects.

Germany.

Genre:

Drama.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Film noir.

Motion pictures, German.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (114, 113 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

monochrome

Other Title:

Schwarzer Kies

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Kino Classics, [2020]

Language Note:

In German; optional subtitles in English.

System Details:

DVD, wide screen, NTSC, region 1.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

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.

Contents:

"Distribution version" (113 minutes)

"Premiere version" (114 minutes).

Participant:

Helmut Wildt, Robert Neidhardt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy, Wolfgang Buttner.

Notes:

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1961.

Special feature: audio commentary by film historian Olaf Möller.

Contains:

Container of: Schwarzer Kies (Motion picture)

Container of: Schwarzer Kies (Motion picture). English.

OCLC:

1184461340

Publisher Number:

738329250614

K25061 Kino Classics