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The Dark Valley
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70/100
Every rating
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 67, highest is AlloCiné on 72.
See the most agreed on films →A mysterious photographer arrives in a remote, snow-bound Alpine village near the end of the 19th century. The community is ruled with an iron fist by a brutal patriarch and his sons. The stranger rents a room from a young widow and quietly begins to investigate the dark secrets of the family, harboring a hidden agenda of his own that is connected to a tragic event from the past, setting the stage for a violent confrontation.
Details
- Director
- Andreas Prochaska
- Writers
- Andreas Prochaska, Martin Ambrosch
- Studio
- Allegro Film, X Filme Creative Pool, SamFilm, ZDF
- Released
- 13 February 2014
- Country
- Austria, Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- NR
- Budget
- $6.9M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 1 nomination
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 3 →2 wins from 3 nominations across 2 ceremonies
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 2015 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Austria | Nominee |
| 27th European Film Awards 2014 | Best Production Designer | Claus Rudolf Amler | Winner |
| 27th European Film Awards 2014 | Best Costume Designer | Natascha Curtius-Noss | Winner |
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3 awards — The Dark Valley
×| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Austria | Nominee |
| Best Costume Designer | Natascha Curtius-Noss | Winner |
| Best Production Designer | Claus Rudolf Amler | Winner |