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The Brutes

1970 · 98 min

A slow-building sense of dread as a casual night out curdles into something menacing and violent.

Directed by
Roger Fritz
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Helga Anders, Klaus Löwitsch, Arthur Brauss
Tagline
Force adds to the sport!
Overview
On the edge of a big city on a go-kart track, Mike and Werner meet Alice and her friends. They like the girl. Mike manages to separate Alice from her group and get into the car with Werner. It had been decided to go to a lake with the others to take a bath at night. Too late Alice realizes that Mike and Werner did not drive to the agreed lake, but to a lonely gravel pit. The friends will not come anymore. And she realizes the intentions of her companions.

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Directed by
Roger Fritz
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Helga Anders, Klaus Löwitsch, Arthur Brauss
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • violence
  • isolation
  • power
  • fate
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror4
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Roger Fritz
Written by
Jürgen Knop, Roger Fritz
Starring
Helga Anders, Klaus Löwitsch, Arthur Brauss, Rolf Zacher, Monika Zinnenberg, Henry van Lyck, Astrid Boner, Renate Grosser
Runtime
98 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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