Die Rote Meile (1999)

Genre

drama

Country

Germany

Length

2 seasons, 39 episodes

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German TV drama follows strippers, prostitutes and their pimps working in Hamburg's St. Pauli district. The show focuses on their personal and professional lives.

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What happens

Die Rote Meile is a German television drama that aired on Sat.1 and follows the lives of strippers, prostitutes and their pimps in the district of St. Pauli in Hamburg. The first season premiered on 1 October 1999 and consisted 26 episodes. The show was a rival to the RTL drama Hinter Gittern - Der Frauenknast; both airing in the same time-slot - Monday nights at 9:15 pm. A second season was ordered by the network in the spring of 2000 and started airing on Thursday nights at 8:15 pm on 14 December 2000. The show was canceled in the beginning of 2001, airing its last episode on 8 March 2001. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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