Sacred Waters

Sacred Waters

1960 · 109 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama

Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.

Directed by Alfred Weidenmann · Written by Herbert Reinecker

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