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Nights on the Road

1952 · 111 min

A slow-burning, morally tangled road noir that lingers on regret and the quiet weight of bad choices.

Directed by
Rudolf Jugert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring
Overview
An aging truck driver finds smuggled money and becomes involved with a hijacking crowd.

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Directed by
Rudolf Jugert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • obsession
  • aging
  • guilt
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Rudolf Jugert
Written by
Helmut Käutner, Fritz Rotter
Starring
Hans Albers, Hildegard Knef, Marius Goring, Lucie Mannheim, Heinrich Gretler, Gertrud Wolle, Hans Reiser, Wolf Ackva
Music
Werner Eisbrenner
Cinematography
Bertl Höcht, Václav Vích
Runtime
111 min
Country
Germany
Languages
German

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