Black Gravel

Apr 12, 1961

1h 51m

★ 7.0

Overview

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

Genres

Drama

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

UFA

Black Gravel Trailers

Cast

Robert Neidhardt

Helmut Wildt

Inge Gaines

Ingmar Zeisberg

John Gaines

Hans Cossy

Otto Krahne

Wolfgang Büttner

Elli

Anita Höfer

Eric Moeller

Heinrich Trimbur

Bill Rodgers

Peter Nestler

Anni Peel

Edeltraut Elsner

Gisela Fischer

Max Buchsbaum

Karl Luley

Frau Marbach

Else Knott

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who washes up at a lakeside mansion during the Potsdam negotiations between the Allied powers. Soon his investigation connects with his search for his married pre-war German lover.

7.9

Rebecca

Mar 23, 1940

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

7.3

The Blue Angel

Apr 1, 1930

Prim professor Immanuel Rath finds some of his students ogling racy photos of cabaret performer Lola Lola and visits a local club, The Blue Angel, in an attempt to catch them there. Seeing Lola perform, the teacher is filled with lust, eventually resigning his position at the school to marry the young woman. However, his marriage to a coquette -- whose job is to entice men -- proves to be more difficult than Rath imagined.

7.7

The Killing

Jun 6, 1956

Career criminal Johnny Clay recruits a sharpshooter, a crooked police officer, a bartender and a betting teller named George, among others, for one last job before he goes straight and gets married. But when George tells his restless wife about the scheme to steal millions from the racetrack where he works, she hatches a plot of her own.

7.3

The 39 Steps

Jun 6, 1935

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.

7.7

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Aug 29, 1958

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident. His wife is crucified by her desperation to make him desire her: but he resists the affections of his wife. His reunion with his father—who is dying of cancer—jogs a host of memories and revelations for both father and son.

8.2

Casablanca

Jan 15, 1943

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

7.7

Notorious

Aug 21, 1946

In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy. As they begin to fall for one another, Alicia is instructed to win the affections of Alexander Sebastian, a Nazi hiding out in Brazil. When Sebastian becomes serious about his relationship with Alicia, the stakes get higher, and Devlin must watch her slip further undercover.

7.7

The Celebration

Jun 19, 1998

The family of a wealthy businessman gather to celebrate his 60th birthday. During the course of the party, his eldest son presents a speech that reveals a shocking secret.

7.6

Harold and Maude

Dec 20, 1971

The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

6.4

Longing

Feb 15, 2006

An average, everyday metalworker and volunteer firefighter content in his marriage to his childhood sweetheart finds his emotions unexpectedly stirred when he falls for a pretty waitress from a nearby town.

8.5

The Dark Knight

Jul 16, 2008

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

6.6

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

Nov 8, 2002

The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with a bit more trouble as well.

7.5

The Big Blue

May 10, 1988

Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when Jacques was a boy; to the bewilderment of scientists, Jacques harbors a remarkable ability to adjust his heart rate and breathing pattern in the water, so that his vital signs more closely resemble that of dolphins than men. As Enzo persuades a reluctant Jacques to compete against him in a free diving contest -- determining who can dive deeper and longer without scuba gear -- Jacques meets Johana, a beautiful insurance investigator from America, and he finds that he must choose between his love for her and his love of the sea.

6.0

Good Kill

Apr 9, 2015

In the shadowy world of drone warfare, combat unfolds like a video game–only with real lives at stake. After six tours of duty, Air Force pilot Tom Egan now fights the Taliban from an air-conditioned bunker in the Nevada desert. But as he yearns to get back in the cockpit of a real plane and becomes increasingly troubled by the collateral damage he causes each time he pushes a button, Egan’s nerves—and his relationship with his wife—begin to unravel.

7.6

Talk to Her

Mar 15, 2002

Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.

5.1

Rome: Free City

Dec 17, 1946

In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.

5.8

Sequoia

Mar 9, 2014

A young man meets a 23-year-old cancer patient on the way to the park and disrupts her plan to commit suicide.

5.3

Don't Mess with Grandma

Sep 20, 2024

JT must fix his grandmother's leaky sink while simultaneously keeping her oblivious to a deadly home invasion.

4.0

Ragmork

May 31, 2019

Viktor Graves, a troubled young man who isolates himself in rural Ohio, survives an attack by a feral man. Soon after, Viktor sees and hears inexplicable terrors surrounding him at every moment, shredding his sanity and leaving him to wonder...what is real and what is madness?

Black Gravel

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

Black Gravel Trailers

Cast

Helmut Wildt

Ingmar Zeisberg

Hans Cossy

Wolfgang Büttner

Anita Höfer

Heinrich Trimbur

Peter Nestler

Edeltraut Elsner

Gisela Fischer

Max Buchsbaum

Karl Luley

Else Knott

You may also like

The Good German

Rebecca

The Blue Angel

The Killing

The 39 Steps

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Casablanca

Notorious

The Celebration

Harold and Maude

Longing

The Dark Knight

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Big Blue

Good Kill

Talk to Her

Rome: Free City

Sequoia

Don't Mess with Grandma

Ragmork

Cast

Helmut Wildt

Ingmar Zeisberg

Hans Cossy

Wolfgang Büttner

Anita Höfer

Heinrich Trimbur

Peter Nestler

Edeltraut Elsner

Gisela Fischer

Max Buchsbaum

Karl Luley

Else Knott

You may also like

The Good German

Rebecca

The Blue Angel

The Killing

The 39 Steps

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Casablanca

Notorious

The Celebration

Harold and Maude

Longing

The Dark Knight

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

The Big Blue

Good Kill

Talk to Her

Rome: Free City

Sequoia

Don't Mess with Grandma

Ragmork