''Desperado City'' is a 1981 West German drama film written and directed by Vadim Glowna. It won the Caméra d'Or at the

1981 Cannes Film Festival The 34th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1981. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Człowiek z żelaza'' by Andrzej Wajda. The festival opened with '' Three Brothers'' (''Tre fratelli'') by Francesco Rosi and closed with '' Honeysuckle R ...

. The film takes place in Hamburg. Skoda (

Siemen Rühaak The siemens (symbol: S) is the unit of electric conductance, electric susceptance, and electric admittance in the International System of Units (SI). Conductance, susceptance, and admittance are the reciprocals of resistance, reactance, and i ...

) is a former student from a rich family. His father is a banker. Skoda is looking for an alternative life, away from the capitalist opulence of his childhood home. He stays with Eva Buchholz, with whom he begins a love story after she buys him a taxi. The film follows Skoda on his nightly rides through the city, and though different characters come and go. He takes his taxi to St. Pauli. Here Skoda meets the girl Liane, a kindred spirit in the form of a teenage woman who finds her own home life equally difficult to shoulder, who is just as fed up with her life as he is. She just quit her hairdressing training. The two now spend the days together and dream of emigrating to America. The two outsiders are gradually attracted to each other, and they end up one night in Skoda's room together. At that moment, Eva opens the door and discovers his infidelity. Eva then takes her own life for fear of renewed loneliness, which she no longer wants to endure, and Skoda is blamed for her death by her ex-husband. He swears to avenge her, and the hunt for Skoda begins. The stripper Hilke also dies. She is murdered by pimps. In this world of dirt and death, Skoda is now looking for a decision for his own life. He robs his father's bank and is shot by a security guard.

Cast

as Skoda * Beate Finckh as Liane * Vera Tschechowa as Hilke * Karin Baal as Eva Buchholz *

Witta Pohl Witta Pohl ( Breipohl; 1 November 1937 – 4 April 2011) was a German actress. Life Born in the East Prussian city of Königsberg, she was one of six children to Wilhelm Breipohl, a gynaecologist, and his wife Marie-Luise, née Klönne. D ...

as Gertrud

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* 1981 films 1981 drama films 1980s German-language films German drama films West German films Films directed by Vadim Glowna Films set in Hamburg Films about taxis Caméra d'Or winners 1981 directorial debut films 1980s German films {{1980s-Germany-film-stub