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The Dark Valley (2014)

The Dark Valley poster
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
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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.

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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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