Wet Asphalt (1958)
Nasser Asphalt (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 30min
- Drama, Thriller
- 1964 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 win & 3 nominations.
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Cast
| Horst Buchholz | ... |
Greg Bachmann
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| Martin Held | ... |
Cesar Boyd
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| Maria Perschy | ... |
Bettina
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| Gert Fröbe | ... |
Jupp
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| Heinz Reincke | ... |
Der Blinde
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| Inge Meysel | ... |
Gustl
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| Peter Capell | ... |
Donnagan
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| Renate Schacht | ... |
Wanda
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| Richard Münch | ... |
Dr. Wolf
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Ludwig Linkmann | ... |
Tanek
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Aranka Jaenke | ... |
Frau Adorf
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Nikolai Baschkoff | ... |
Cepinek
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Benno Hoffmann | ... |
Shouting man at demonstration
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Wolf Martini |
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Joachim Rake | ... |
Italian editor
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Marlene Riphahn |
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| Lenny Schultz |
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Directed by
| Frank Wisbar | ||
Written by
| Will Tremper | ... | (screenplay) |
| Will Tremper | ... | (story) |
Produced by
| Wenzel Lüdecke | ... | producer |
Music by
| Hans-Martin Majewski | ||
Cinematography by
| Helmuth Ashley | ... | (as Helmut Ashley) |
Editing by
| Klaus Dudenhöfer | ||
Editorial Department
| Iris Roesl | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
| Albrecht Becker | ||
| Herbert Kirchhoff | ||
Costume Design by
| Helga Reuter | ||
Makeup Department
| Herbert Grieser | ... | makeup artist |
| Trude Weinz-Werner | ... | makeup artist |
Production Management
| Emil Hesse | ... | production manager |
| Peter Homfeld | ... | production manager |
| Heinz Karchow | ... | production manager |
| Gert Weber | ... | production leader |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Wieland Liebske | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Hans Ebel | ... | sound |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Gabriele Du Vinage | ... | still photographer |
| Nicolas Fexis | ... | assistant camera |
| Hermann Goedecke | ... | lighting technician |
| Wolfgang Hofmann | ... | assistant camera |
| Franz Xaver Lederle | ... | camera operator |
Script and Continuity Department
| Eva Ebner | ... | script supervisor |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Europa-Filmverleih AG (1958) (West Germany) (theatrical)
- City Film N.V. (1958) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Casino Film Exchange (1964) (United States) (theatrical) (German-language)
- Walter Manley Enterprises (1966) (United States) (tv) (dubbed)
- Dark Sky Films (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Sinister Cinema (United States) (DVD) (as 'Wet Asphalt') (widescreen)
- Something Weird Video (SWV) (United States) (VHS)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end of his sentence, there is a driver named Jupp waiting for him. Soon he learns that the famous journalist Cesar Boyd was the responsible for the shorter sentence. Cesar offers a position of his assistant to Greg; in return, Boyd would write his story about his interviews to war criminals and Greg would help him in other matters. Meanwhile Boyd welcomes the daughter of a deceased friend, Bettina, and he becomes her guardian. Greg and Bettina feels immediately attracted by each other but Boyd is also interested in Bettina. When Boyd needs to send an article to a newspaper in Paris, he fabricates a story of a group of five German soldiers that have lived in a bunker in Poland for six years. In the end, one blind soldier would have survived and was sent to a Polish hospital. The story becomes a great sensation, affecting the governments of Poland, Russia and Germany and their inhabitants. When Greg discovers the big lie of his boss and mentor, he has to take an attitude; but Boyd is an old fox. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Did You Know?
| Movie Connections | Edited into The Blockhouse (1973). See more » |
| Quotes |
Cesar Boyd:
All right, I'm a liar. I made the entire thing up from beginning to end. Are you satisfied? Caesar Boyd confesses. Please stay. Greg Bachmann: I would rather die. Cesar Boyd: Greg, don't act as though you didn't know the facts of life. This is how it's always been. Lies, lies, lies. We newspapermen live by lies. A lie is nothing but a journalist's trademark. That's what sells newspapers. Greg Bachmann: In the life of everyman they say there's a turning point. Last night I decided to finish you once and for all, but I'm afraid I exaggerated your importance. There will always be people like you, cheating, lying. Today it's the great Caesar Boyd, tomorrow the government, and some soap manufacturer. But they're not using me. See more » |