''Hotel St. Pauli'' is a 1988 Norwegian

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

by Svend Wam, based upon the novel ''Jord!'' by

Erland Kiøsterud Erland Kiøsterud (born 10 November 1953) is a Norwegian novelist. He made his literary debut in 1973 with the novel ''Sår som aldri gror''. His next novel, ''Jord!'' (1977) was made into a film in 1988. He received the Gyldendal's Endowment ...

. The movie is set in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

and the roads in between. It is about sex and violence in the

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

red light district of

St. Pauli St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Paul ...

Plot

Jor tries to make a living as an artist. For the time being, he and his girlfriend Gerda have to live off her income as a

prostitute Prostitution is the business or practice of engaging in sexual activity in exchange for payment. The definition of "sexual activity" varies, and is often defined as an activity requiring physical contact (e.g., sexual intercourse, non-penet ...

. When the young Morgan comes into their life, the relationship between the three becomes difficult, with Gerda and Morgan eventually fleeing.

Cast

* Øyvin Bang Berven as Morgan * John Ege as Jor * Amanda Ooms as Gerda *

Sossen Krohg Sossen Krohg (born Sossen Anker Olsen; 18 December 1923 – 12 February 2016) was a Norwegian playwright and stage and film actress. Personal life She was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. She was the daughter of newspaper editor Kristoffer ...

as Morgan's mother * Jöns Andersson as Priest *

Jorunn Kjellsby Jorunn Kjellsby (born 7 April 1944) is a Norwegian actress. She has worked both for Trøndelag Teater (1961–1963), Oslo Nye Teater (1968–1970) and Det Norske Teateret (1971–). She has also had almost 30 movies, such as ''Bryllup ...

as theatre manager * Lasse Lindtner as Jor on stage * Petter Nome as radio voice *

Linn Stokke Linn Sem Stokke (born 18 September 1961) is a Norwegian actress, author, singer and composer. She is the daughter of Ingebjørg Sem and Tor Stokke, both actors. She had her début at the National Theatre as a child, in 1975, and has since acted ...

as Gerda on stage * Ingrid van Bergen as hotel manager

Production

When it came out, this film caused a debate due to its unsimulated sex scenes. Amanda Ooms said she didn't regret to have played in this movie: "No not at all. I did my job well there, but there are scene in which I had full sex and some other strange things. It's a movie on the border. It's a pretty sex-based movie. It is a little difficult to explain to my own children why I took that role. I guess I did it just because I got paid well," she said.

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* 1988 films 1988 drama films 1980s erotic drama films Films directed by Svend Wam Films set in Copenhagen Films set in Hamburg Films set in West Germany Films shot in Hamburg Films shot in Norway Norwegian drama films {{Norway-film-stub