''Raid in St. Pauli'' (German: ''Razzia in St. Pauli'') is a 1932 German

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directed by Werner Hochbaum and starring Gina Falckenberg, Friedrich Gnaß and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was made at the end of the

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era. It illustrates both the powerlessness of the ordinary worker as well as an intimate portrait of the joys and sorrows of a small group of people in the harbor section of

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Synopsis

A social drama plays out in the harbor area of

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: Ballhaus-Else, a prostitute, lives together with her boyfriend Leo, a peaceful bar musician, in

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. One day, Matrosen-Karl, a thief on the run, finds a hideout at Else's. She is fascinated by the man, who promises her a more exciting and better life. Together they want to leave Hamburg. Leo – who feels inferior to Karl – lets them go with a heavy heart. But then Karl gets arrested after a fight between the underworld and the police in the Kongo-Bar, and Else returns to Leo – and her hopeless everyday life. The most important characteristic of this film is the use of local people, including those of somewhat gritty character, as extras playing parts that they actually lived at that time.

Production

Orbis-Film GmbH, Berlin. * Producer: Justin RosenfeldWho's Who in the World 25th Edition 2008 (in Bio Marion R. Behr) * Director: Werner Hochbaum * Camera: A. O. Weitzenberg * Set: Willy Schiller * Editor: Carl Behr * Sound: Franz Schröder * Music: Kurt Levaal * Musical treatment and direction: Giuseppe Becce * Song texts: Carl Behr, Hedy Knorr * Singer: Charly Wittong, Ernst Busch * Music Titles: ''Drive me once rover, drive me once rover'' (orig title German), ''In our home town, one always comes back'' (orig title German) (Behr), ''Song of the harbor workmen'' (orig title German) (Knorr), ''What use is the crown to the emperor?'' (orig title German).

Cast

* Gina Falckenberg as Ballhaus-Else * Friedrich Gnaß as Matrosen-Karl *

as Musiker-Leo * Charly Wittong as Volkssänger *

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as Kneipenwirt * Ernst Busch as Sänger * Kurt Appel * Käte Hüter * Friedrich Rittmeyer

Film Studio

Vera-Filmatelier Hamburg. Exterior location:

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. Runtime and film length: 74 min, 2016 m. Format: 35mm, s/w, 1:1.33, Celluloid sound film. Official Certification: 11 April 1932, B.31364, Jv. / DP: 7 December 1933, O.31364, First Official showing: 20 May 1932, Berlin (U.T. Kurfürstendamm). Banned on 7 December 1933 by the

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* {{Werner Hochbaum 1932 films Culture in Hamburg German drama films 1932 drama films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films Films set in Hamburg Films directed by Werner Hochbaum German black-and-white films 1930s German films