Schwarzer Samt (1964)

- Directed by
- Heinz Thiel
- Genre
- crime film
- Country
- German Democratic Republic, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
A police detective investigates a crime in a German city. He follows leads through a shadowy world of clues and suspects.
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What happens
Schwarzer Samt (English: Black Velvet) is a German crime film by Heinz Thiel produced by the DEFA in 1964. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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