---
title: 'The Dark Valley (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Andreas Prochaska'
released: '2014-02-10'
runtime_minutes: 115
genres:
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Austria'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dark-valley-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2650978/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Dark Valley (2014)

2014 · 115 min · Western · Germany, Austria

Original title: Das finstere Tal

## Synopsis

The Dark Valley is a 2014 Austrian-German Western drama film directed by Andreas Prochaska, based on Thomas Willmann's 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Andreas Prochaska](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-prochaska)
- **Screenplay:** [Andreas Prochaska](https://cinepixo.com/people/andreas-prochaska), [Thomas Willmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-willmann), [Martin Ambrosch](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-ambrosch)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Matthias Weber](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthias-weber)
- **Producer:** [Stefan Arndt](https://cinepixo.com/people/stefan-arndt), [Uwe Schott](https://cinepixo.com/people/uwe-schott), [Helmut Grasser](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-grasser)
- **Director of Photography:** [Thomas Kiennast](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-kiennast)
- **Editor:** [Daniel Prochaska](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-prochaska)

## Cast

- [Erwin Steinhauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-steinhauer)
- [Johanna Bittenbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-bittenbinder)
- [Hans Michael Rehberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-michael-rehberg)
- [Sam Riley](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-riley)
- [Florian Brückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-bruckner)
- [Franz Xaver Brückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-xaver-bruckner)
- [Tobias Moretti](https://cinepixo.com/people/tobias-moretti)
- [Gerhard Liebmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerhard-liebmann)
- [Thomas Schubert](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-schubert)
- [Martin Leutgeb](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-leutgeb)
- [Paula Beer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-beer)
- [Xenia Georgia Assenza](https://cinepixo.com/people/xenia-georgia-assenza)
- [Clemens Schick](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemens-schick)

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Official site: http://www.dasfinsteretal.at/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dark-valley-2014
Film facts: Wikidata (Q15733651); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.