''The Priest of St. Pauli'' (german: Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli) is a 1970 West German
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 ...
directed by
Rolf Olsen and starring
Curd Jürgens
Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was well known for playing Ernst Udet in '' Des Teufels Gene ...
. Two years earlier they had made the similarly-themed ''
The Doctor of St. Pauli
''The Doctor of St. Pauli'' (german: Der Arzt von St. Pauli) is a 1968 West German crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Curd Jürgens, Horst Naumann, and Christiane Rücker.
Plot
In St Pauli, the red light district of Hamburg
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'' together.
Plot
A former
submarine commander turned priest tends to the inhabitants 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. ...
, the
red light district
A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are partic ...
of
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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Cast
References
External links
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1970 drama films
German drama films
West German films
Films directed by Rolf Olsen
Films set in Hamburg
Constantin Film films
Terra Film films
1970s German-language films
1970s German films
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