
Black Gravel (1961)
Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.

Tensions rise when a U.S. military base is built in a small village in post-war Germany.
Helmut WildtRobert Neidhardt
Ingmar ZeisbergInge Gaines
Hans CossyJohn Gaines
Wolfgang BüttnerOtto Krahne
Anita HöferElli
Heinrich TrimburEric Moeller
Peter NestlerBill Rodgers
Gisela Fischer
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