Nasser Asphalt
Nasser Asphalt/ Wet Asphalt | |
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Directed by | Frank Wisbar |
Written by | Will Tremper |
Produced by | Wenzel Lũdecke |
Starring | Horst Buchholz Martin Held Gert Fröbe Maria Perschy |
Cinematography | Helmut Ashley |
Edited by | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
Music by | Hans-Martin Majewski |
Release date | 1958 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
Nasser Asphalt (Wet Asphalt) is a 1958 West German thriller starring Horst Buchholz and featuring Gert Fröbe, written by Will Tremper and directed by Frank Wisbar.
Plot
The young journalist Bachmann (Horst Buchholz) is released from prison by the intervention of Cesar Boyd (Martin Held), a respected and prosperous journalist who hires him as his assistant. Bachmann had been in jail for his attempt to interview war criminals at
Cast
- Horst Buchholz as Greg Bachmann
- Martin Held as Cesar Boyd
- Maria Perschy as Bettina
- Gert Fröbe as Jupp
- Heinz Reincke as Der Blinde
- Inge Meysel as Gustl
- Peter Capell as Donnagan
- Renate Schacht as Wanda
- Richard Münch as Dr. Wolf
Comments
The black-and-white movie features Horst Buchholz who was already a star at this time and dubbed the German James Dean. Gert Fröbe has a supporting role. It also brought wider attention to Maria Perschy, and all three actors would soon move on to go to a Hollywood career before they would return to Europe. In contrast Frank Wisbar had come from Hollywood and Nasser Asphalt was one of several films he made in post-war Germany to deal with the lessons of the war and Germany's recent history. The film is set in war-scarred Berlin.
While the DVD version of the film is marketed as a film noir, it lacks the characteristic of the film noir genre.[1][2]
In the English-dubbed version the site of the exploded bunker is given implausibly as
Awards
- 1958 Film Award in Silver for "Outstanding Individual Achievement: Music", awarded to Hans-Martin Majewski.
References
External links
- Nasser Asphalt at IMDb