Homesick for St. Pauli (1963)
- Original title
- Heimweh nach St. Pauli
- Directed by
- Werner Jacobs
- Genre
- drama film, musical film
- Country
- Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 6
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man returns to the St. Pauli district of Hamburg feeling homesick. The film mixes music with drama and follows his experiences there.
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What happens
Homesick for St. Pauli (German: Heimweh nach St. Pauli) is a 1963 German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Freddy Quinn, Josef Albrecht and Ullrich Haupt. It was based on a musical by Lotar Olias and Gustav Kampendonk The film was one of the many foreign films that Jayne Mansfield made in the 1960s, after becoming a star in the late 1950s in films like: The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957). The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Location shooting took place in New York and Germany. The film was shot in Hamburg in mid-1963. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Zwei blaue Vergissmeinnicht (1963)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.