Homesick for St. Pauli

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.[2] It was based on a musical by Lotar Olias and Gustav Kampendonk

Homesick for St. Pauli
Directed byWerner Jacobs
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyHeinz Pehlke[1]
Edited byKlaus Dudenhöfer
Music byLotar Olias
Production
company
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
29 August 1963
Running time
102 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

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.[3]

Synopsis edit

A German singer who has enjoyed massive success in the United States returns to his hometown, the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.

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References edit

  1. ^ Rolf Aurich, "Heinz Pehlke - Kameramann" CineGraph, Lexikon zum deutschsprachigen Film. Retrieved March 12, 2012 (in German)
  2. ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | HEIMWEH NACH ST. PAULI (1963)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  3. ^ Weekly Variety Magazine; 5 June 1963 issue; Page 15

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