Underplayed Gems

Strange City (1972)

Strange City poster
Original title
Fremde Stadt
Directed by
Rudolf Thome
Genre
crime film
Country
Germany
Runtime
1h 47m
Rated
16
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A thriller set in Munich about a man who gets caught up in a dangerous situation. The film was shot in black and white and did not perform well commercially.

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What happens

Strange City (German: Fremde Stadt) is a 1972 West German thriller film directed by Rudolf Thome and starring Roger Fritz, Karin Thome and Peter Moland. It was shot on location around Munich. Unusually for the time, when colour film was the norm, the film was shot in monochrome. It was not a success at the box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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