| The Dark Valley | |
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| Directed by | Andreas Prochaska |
| Screenplay by | Martin Ambrosch Andreas Prochaska |
| Based on | Das finstere Tal by Thomas Willmann |
| Produced by | Stefan Arndt Helmut Grasser |
| Starring | Sam Riley |
| Cinematography | Thomas W. Kiennast |
| Edited by | Daniel Prochaska |
| Music by | Matthias Weber |
Production companies | X-Filme Creative Pool Allegro Film SanFilm Produktion Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen Österreichischer Rundfunk |
| Distributed by | Filmladen (Austria) X Verleih AG (Germany) |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Countries | Austria Germany |
| Languages | German English |
The Dark Valley (German: Das finstere Tal) is a 2014 Austrian-German Western drama film directed by Andreas Prochaska, based on Thomas Willmann's sole 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.[1][2]
- ^ "Österreich schickt "Das finstere Tal" ins Oscar-Rennen". kurier. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Austrian 'Western' Oscar candidate". The Local. Retrieved 3 September 2014.