Black Gravel
moderate sex references, violence, threat, language, racism
Director(s)Helmut Kautner
Production year1961
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes114m
CastHelmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy, Wolfgang Büttner, Anita Höfer, Heinrich Trimbur, Edeltraut Elsner, Peter Nestler, Gisela Fischer, Max Buchsbaum, Helmut Käutner, Helmut Käutner, Walter Ulbrich, Walter Ulbrich, Heinz Pehlke, Klaus Dudenhöfer
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 relations ...
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There are outdated, post-WW2 demonstrations of antisemitic behaviour as an elderly German character calls a man a "filthy Jew", only to be chastened when he sees the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 There are also uses of outdated terms to describe Black people, such as 'negro' and 'Hottentots'.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.
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.
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 year1961
Genre(s)Drama
Approx. running minutes114m
CastHelmut Wildt, Ingmar Zeisberg, Hans Cossy, Wolfgang Büttner, Anita Höfer, Heinrich Trimbur, Edeltraut Elsner, Peter Nestler, Gisela Fischer, Max Buchsbaum, Helmut Käutner, Helmut Käutner, Walter Ulbrich, Walter Ulbrich, Heinz Pehlke, Klaus Dudenhöfer
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.
