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Beyond Control (1968)

Beyond Control poster
Original title
Sommersprossen
Directed by
Helmut Förnbacher
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany, Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A crime story unfolds in the late 1960s. It involves a group of characters caught in a criminal enterprise, with events taking place in Swiss and German locations.

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What happens

Beyond Control (German: Sommersprossen) is a 1968 Italian-West-German crime film directed by Helmut Förnbacher and starring William Berger, Förnbacher, Helga Anders and Giorgia Moll. It also featured the Nazi era film star Willy Birgel in one of two films he appeared in tied to the New German Cinema. Location shooting took place around Basel and Muttenz. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy Sheppard. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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