The Priest of St. Pauli
Appearance
The Priest of St. Pauli | |
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German | Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli |
Directed by | Rolf Olsen |
Written by | Rolf Olsen |
Produced by | Heinz Willeg |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Franz Xaver Lederle |
Edited by | Renate Willeg |
Music by | Erwin Halletz |
Production companies | Allianz Filmproduktion Terra Film |
Distributed by | Constantin Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | West Germany |
Language | German |
The Priest of St. Pauli (German: Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli) is a 1970 West German drama film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Curd Jürgens. Two years earlier they had made the similarly-themed The Doctor of St. Pauli together.[1]
Plot
A former submarine commander turned priest tends to the inhabitants of St. Pauli, the red light district of Hamburg.
Cast
- Curd Jürgens as Pfarrer Konrad Johannsen
- Heinz Reincke as Titus Kleinwiehe, Messner
- Barbara Lass as Dagmar
- Corny Collins as Ingrid Brahms
- Dieter Borsche as Pastor Tönning
- Günther Stoll as Barbesitzer Heino Docke
- Horst Naumann as Willy Krekel
- Carl Lange as Monsignore
- Werner Bruhns as Clemens Bossum, Detective Chief Inspector
- Walter Buschhoff as Importeur Carl Ostro
- Hans Hessling as Dr. Paul Meerkatz
- Christian Engelmann as Jörg Ostro
- Christine Diersch as Hilde Leonhard, friend of Jörg Ostro
- Georg Hartmann as Jan Poppenbüll, mayor
- Helga Feddersen as Tine Poppenbüll
- Klaus-Hagen Latwesen as Holger Rudbool
- Jean-Pierre Bonin as Luigi Moretti
- Jürgen Lier as Mario Scala
- Ilse Peternell as Solveig
- Wolfgang Condrus as Holger
References
- ^ Mayer, Geoffrey (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8108-6769-7.