The girl from Hamburg
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The girl from Hamburg |
| Original title | La Fille de Hamburg |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French , German |
| Publishing year | 1958 |
| length | 84 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Yves Allégret |
| script |
Frédéric Dard , Maurice Auberge |
| production | Georges Glass |
| music | Jean Ledrut |
| camera | Armand Thirard |
| cut | Claude Nicol |
| occupation | |
and Almuth Bock , Reiner Brönneke , Karl Friedrich Feudell , Hans Hessling , Bob Iller , Günther Jerschke , Kurt Klopsch , Maya Merlin , Reinhold Nietschmann , Joachim Rake , Lore Schulz , Karin Volkert | |
The girl from Hamburg is a French film drama from 1958 by Yves Allégret with Hildegard Knef in the title role. At her side, Daniel Gélin plays the male lead. The story is based on an idea by José Bénazéraf .
action
The French seaman Pierre landed in Hamburg for the first time in 15 years. He once worked here in 1943 as a prisoner of war in the port facilities and survived the terrible nights of bombing. Now, in 1958, he is on shore leave with his two friends Georges and Jean-Marie and wants to refresh old memories. These memories primarily have to do with a girl named Maria, a young woman who gave him some perks back then. In retrospect, Pierre has glorified this old love, which makes the sobering reunion all the more drastic.
The young girl of yore has become a disillusioned middle-aged woman who earns her living as a mud catcher in the hippodrome on the Hamburg amusement mile in St. Pauli. Nevertheless, the two of them have a gentle reunion followed by a night of love. But happiness is fleeting and short-lived. Both can not jump over their shadow and let the chance of a new happiness pass. The consequences are dramatic. The following morning, Pierre is stabbed to death by the believer of one of his comrades in the street, whereupon Maria, who believes that her lover has left her forever, kills herself with an overdose of sleeping pills.
Production notes
The girl from Hamburg was shot on location in Hamburg between April 8 and June 6, 1958 (exterior shots) and was premiered in Paris on August 13, 1958. The German premiere took place on October 3, 1958 in the Passage-Kino in Hamburg.
Reviews
Paimann's film lists summed up: “A hopelessly pessimistic fable that made detailed descriptions of the soul and stimulating milieu passages too broad. It is played out well but too long. "
"Drama based on the model of ' Hafen im Nebel ', annoying in the vulgarity of the (visual) language and the stringing together of speculative scenes."
Web links
- The girl from Hamburg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The girl from Hamburg on filmmuseum-hamburg.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b The girl from Hamburg. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed August 29, 2018 .
- ↑ Jean-Claude Sabria: Cinéma français. Les années 50. Paris 1987, no.374
- ↑ The girl from Hamburg in Paimann's film lists ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
