Razzia in St. Pauli

Razzia in St. Pauli
Directed by Werner Hochbaum
Produced by Justin Rosenfeld
Starring Gina Falkenberg, Friedrich Gnass, Wofgang Zilzer, Charly Wittong,
Music by Kurt Levaal
Cinematography A.O. Wetzenberg
Production
company
Vera Filmatelier Hamburg
Distributed by Orbis Film
Release dates
  • May 20, 1932 (1932-05-20)
Running time
74 minutes
Country Weimar Republic
Language German
Budget $8000

Razzia in St. Pauli is an early German sound film (1932) of the end of the Weimar Republic era. It illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg.

Synopsis

A social drama plays out in the harbor area of Hamburg: Ballhaus-Else, a prostitute, lives together with her boyfriend Leo, a peaceful bar musician, in St. Pauli. One day, Matrosen-Karl, a thief on the run, finds a hideout at Else's. She is fascinated by the man, who promises her a more exciting and better life. Together they want to leave Hamburg. Leo – who feels inferior to Karl – lets them go with a heavy heart. But then Karl gets arrested after a fight between the underworld and the police in the Kongo-Bar, and Else returns to Leo – and her hopeless everyday life.[1][2][3]

The most important characteristic of this film is the use of local people, including those of somewhat gritty character, as extras playing parts that they actually lived at that time.

Production

Orbis-Film GmbH, Berlin.

Actors

Gina Falckenberg (Ballhaus-Else), Friedrich Gnaß (Karl Burmeister, known as Matrosen-Karl), Wolfgang Zilzer (Musician Leo), Charly Wittong (Charly, the Folk singer), Max Zilzer (Tavern Keeper), Kurt Appel, Käte Hüter, Friedrich Rittmeyer, Members of the Vice Squad of the City of Hamburg as well as girls and gritty characters of the St. Pauli area.

Film Studio

Vera-Filmatelier Hamburg. Exterior location: Hamburg. Runtime and film length: 74 min, 2016 m. Format: 35mm, s/w, 1:1.33, Celluloid sound film. Official Certification: 11 April 1932, B.31364, Jv. / DP: 7 December 1933, O.31364, First Official showing: 20 May 1932, Berlin (U.T. Kurfürstendamm). Banned on 7 December 1933 by the Nazi Film Review Office.

Notes

  1. http://www.cinefest.de/daten/2006/Filme%202006/Razzia_in_St._Pauli_pop.php
  2. http://www.kino.de/kinofilm/razzia-in-st-pauli/50635.html
  3. http://www.filmevona-z.de/filmsuche.cfm?sucheNach=produzent&wert=20732www.kino.de/star/justin-rosenfeld/112762.htm
  4. Who's Who in the World 25th Edition 2008 (in Bio Marion R. Behr)
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