• Director(s)

    Helmut Kautner

  • Production Year

    1961

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy

Film

Black Gravel

moderate sex references, violence, threat, language, racism

BLACK GRAVEL is a 1961 German drama in which the inhabitants of a small town in post-WW2 Germany co-exist in a relationship of mutual suspicion and resentment with a neighbouring American rocket base.…

BLACK GRAVEL is a 1961 German drama in which the inhabitants of a small town in post-WW2 Germany co-exist in a relationship of mutual suspicion and resentment with a neighbouring American rocket base.

violence
In a fight between two men there are heavy punches and kicks, and an attempted strangling. A father objects to his daughter dancing in a bar, slaps her face and drags her out. A rock is thrown at a dog, which kills it in undetailed fashion.
threat and horror
A man comes at another with a broken bottle and causes a cut to the arm of a third person who attempts to intervene in the altercation.
language
There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'bastard', 'crap', 'bloody', 'damn', 'God' and 'Christ'.
sex
There are verbal and visual references to sex work and brothels. There is very brief breast nudity, as well as sight of dated glamour images featuring women posing in underwear, and discreet establishments of sexual activity. Milder sex references include comments about "sleeping with" and "doing it with" people.
discrimination
There are outdated, post-WW2 demonstrations of antisemitic behaviour as an elderly German character calls a man a "filthy Jew", only to be chastened when he sees the concentration camp number tattooed on the man's arm. Another Jewish person is referred to as a "Yid". There are also uses of outdated terms to describe Black people, such as 'negro' and 'Hottentots'. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes featuring undetailed deaths in incidents involving motor vehicles. There is a passing suicide reference. There is frequent smoking, which reflects the historical period in which the film is set.

  • Director(s)

    Helmut Kautner

  • Production Year

    1961

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Approx. running minutes

    114m

  • Cast

    Helmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy

moderate sex references, violence, threat, language, racism
Classified Date:
19/06/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Radiance Films
violence
In a fight between two men there are heavy punches and kicks, and an attempted strangling. A father objects to his daughter dancing in a bar, slaps her face and drags her out. A rock is thrown at a dog, which kills it in undetailed fashion.
threat and horror
A man comes at another with a broken bottle and causes a cut to the arm of a third person who attempts to intervene in the altercation.
language
There is moderate bad language ('son of a bitch'), as well as milder terms such as 'arse', 'arsehole', 'shit', 'bastard', 'crap', 'bloody', 'damn', 'God' and 'Christ'.
sex
There are verbal and visual references to sex work and brothels. There is very brief breast nudity, as well as sight of dated glamour images featuring women posing in underwear, and discreet establishments of sexual activity. Milder sex references include comments about "sleeping with" and "doing it with" people.
discrimination
There are outdated, post-WW2 demonstrations of antisemitic behaviour as an elderly German character calls a man a "filthy Jew", only to be chastened when he sees the concentration camp number tattooed on the man's arm. Another Jewish person is referred to as a "Yid". There are also uses of outdated terms to describe Black people, such as 'negro' and 'Hottentots'. Discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole.
additional issues
There are mild upsetting scenes featuring undetailed deaths in incidents involving motor vehicles. There is a passing suicide reference. There is frequent smoking, which reflects the historical period in which the film is set.

  • Classified date

    19/06/2024