Pinned to the Ground

Auf's Kreuz gelegt

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.

Music

Nils Sustrate

Director

Wolfgang Petersen

Screenplay

Hans Gottschalk

Status

Released

Release date

26/10/1974

Original language

German