''On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight'' (german: Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins) is a 1929 German silent

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directed by

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and starring

Eddie Polo Eddie Polo (1 February 1875 – 14 June 1961) was an Austrian-American actor of the silent era. He was of Jewish descent.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, ''Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933'', Berghahn B ...

Lydia Potechina Lydia Potechina (5 September 1883 – 30 April 1934) was a Russian actress. She emigrated to Germany in 1918. She was married to the Russian-German film producer Max Pfeiffer. Selected filmography *''Destiny'' (1921) * '' The Conspiracy in Genoa ...

, and

Harry Nestor Harry Nestor (born Franz Harry Pridun; 11 March 1893 – 11 November 1969) was an Austrian actor. Selected filmography * ''The Secret of the Mummy'' (1921) * ''The Bull of Olivera'' (1921) * ''To the Ladies' Paradise'' (1922) * ''City in View'' ...

. The film takes its name from the 1912 song of the same name, which refers to the

Reeperbahn The Reeperbahn () is a street and entertainment district in Hamburg's St. Pauli district, one of the two centres of Hamburg's nightlife (the other being Sternschanze) and also the city's major red-light district. In German, it is also nickn ...

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. It was shot at the

Johannisthal Studios The Johannisthal Studios were film studios located in the Berlin area of Johannisthal. Founded in 1920 on the site of a former airfield, they were a centre of production during the Weimar and Nazi eras. Nearly four hundred films were made at Johan ...

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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Otto Moldenhauer Otto Moldenhauer (30 August 1882 – 27 April 1969) was a German art director. He worked frequently on the director Gerhard Lamprecht's films. Selected filmography * ''Prince Cuckoo'' (1919) * ''The Graveyard of the Living'' (1921) * '' The Bud ...

. It was made by the German subsidiary of the Hollywood studio

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* 1929 films 1929 crime films German crime films Films of the Weimar Republic German silent feature films Films set in Hamburg Films about pigs German black-and-white films Universal Pictures films German adventure films 1929 adventure films Silent adventure films 1920s German films Films shot at Johannisthal Studios 1920s German-language films {{1920s-Germany-film-stub