Pinned to the Ground

Two young oil salesmen from Hamburg, who are tasked with buying oil from the Middle East as cheaply as possible for their company, get caught up in a clash between a local gang of drug smugglers and the police. Each stage of this dangerous adventure could earn them either twenty years in prison or liquidation by the gang. The appearance of a beautiful, somewhat enigmatic woman adds to the allure. Two middle-class existences in a foreign country, confronted with the rude methods of the police and criminal elements, form the field of tension in this adventure story, which was produced with an international cast.

Dieter Kirchlechner

Heinz Körner

Reiner Schöne

Gerd Lauffen

Olga Karlatos

Nadja Nahadi

André Oumansky

Lieutenant Salim

Grégoire Aslan

Inspector Golam Ahmed Saad

Jean-Claude Bercq

Dacca Shadeff

Pierre Mirat

Major Hassan

Gabriel Jabbour

Farsikan

• Wolfgang PetersenDirector
• Hans GottschalkWriter
• Harald VockProducer
• Nils-Peter MahlauDirector of Photography
• Nils SustrateOriginal Music Composer
• Karin WagnerEditor

Release date

October 26, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Thriller, TV Movie

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