The Dark Valley (2014)

Original title

Das finstere Tal

Directed by

Andreas Prochaska

Genre

Western film, Heimatfilm

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 428 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lone traveler arrives in a remote Alpine village and discovers that a powerful family controls the town through fear and violence. He decides to take a stand against their tyranny.

bleakslow-burntensemelancholicvisually starklonelyatmosphericbroodinggrim

What happens

The Dark Valley (German: Das finstere Tal) is a 2014 Austrian-German Western drama film directed by Andreas Prochaska, based on Thomas Willmann's eponymous 2010 novel. The film stars Sam Riley as a lone traveler who ends up in a small town in the Alps, finding corruption and tyranny running rampant. It was selected as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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