Razzia in Sankt Pauli (1932)

Original title

Razzia in St. Pauli

Directed by

Werner Hochbaum

Genre

drama film

Country

Weimar Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 04m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In Hamburg's harbor district, dock workers and bar girls live through their daily joys and struggles. A police raid disrupts their close-knit world and shows the powerlessness of ordinary people.

melancholicintimategrittyslow-burnbleakrawpoignantearthy

What happens

Raid in St. Pauli (German: Razzia in St. Pauli) is a 1932 German drama film directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß and Wolfgang Zilzer. The film's sets were designed by the art director Willy Schiller. It was made at the end of the Weimar Republic era. It illustrates the powerlessness of the ordinary worker and paints an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of Hamburg. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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