The King of St. Pauli

Movie
Original title	The King of St. Pauli
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	1998
length	approx. 620 minutes
Rod
Director	Dieter Wedel
script	Dieter Wedel
production	Dirk Eisfeld Thilo Kleine Mario Melzer
music	Harold Faltermeyer (theme music), Gernot Rothenbach
camera	Edward Kłosiński , Franz Rath , Ralf Leistl (episodes 1–3)
cut	Norbert Herzner , Tanja Schmidbauer
occupation
Hilmar Thate : Rudi Kranzow Hans Korte : Walter Graf Heinz Hoenig : Sugar Oliver Hasenfratz : Robert Kranzow Sonja Kirchberger : Maria 'Lajana' Reininger Julia Stemberger : Julia Reininger Alexander Radszun : Dirk Westermann Eva Maria Bauer : Charlotte Bruns Maja Maranow : Mizzi Florian Martens : Karl-Heinz / Karin Otto Kukla : Max Graf Karoline Eichhorn : Tanja Graf Henry Huebchen : Dr. Manfred Fischer Andrea Sawatzki : Regine Fischer Hans Diehl : The Whisperer Gerhard Haase-Hindenberg : Stullen-Paul Peter Roggisch : Dr. Schmidt-Weber Claude-Oliver Rudolph : Chinese Fiete Karin Giegerich : Reporter Olga Uwe Friedrichsen : Senator Fieting

The King of St. Pauli is a six-part television drama by Dieter Wedel from 1997 , which was broadcast on Sat.1 in 1998 .

Starting point of the action

Rudi Kranzow runs the renowned striptease club "Blaue Banane" on St. Pauli . His rival, the fishmonger Graf, has his sights on the restaurant, because the restaurant is adjacent to Graf's Eros Center , which Graf wants to expand. The situation worsens when Kranzow loses a large amount of money to the people of Graf while playing dice and is initially unable to pay.

Shortly thereafter, an attack was carried out on Kranzow at the port, he was hospitalized and was in a coma . Startled by this news, his son Robert decides to interrupt his studies in Munich and return to St. Pauli. Robert had not had a good relationship with his father until then, but he still wants to prevent his father from losing everything during his illness. At his side are Sugar, an ex-boxer and Rudi's right-hand man, the prostitute Mizzi and the transsexual Karin. Together they try to save the "blue banana" from being sold.

consequences

The first broadcast took place in January 1998 on Sat.1 :

• Part 1, 108 min., EA on January 13, 1998
• Part 2, 102 min., EA on January 14, 1998
• Part 3, 105 min., EA on January 17, 1998
• Part 4, 100 min., EA on January 18, 1998
• Part 5, 101 min., EA on January 20, 1998
• Part 6, 106 min., EA on January 21, 1998

Background information

• The Herbert Street and the street where the blue banana stands and play large parts of the film were, in Munich's Bavaria Film rebuilt. In the same setting, Sat. 1 / Bavaria Film later produced the series Die Rote Meile , also a television series set in the red light district.
• In some scenes, as is usual in Wedel productions, the director himself can be seen briefly. In the first part he thanks for a donated boat, in the third part he is received by Sugar as a spectator of the boxing match and in the last part he arrives as a guest of the new harbor hotel.
• On January 12, 1998 the soundtrack for the film was released with 16 titles on CD. In addition to the title song He's the King by Bonnie Tyler , the song Falling by Julia Stemberger and three instrumental pieces by Harold Faltermeyer are also included. The title song was first released as a single on January 12, 1998 and also appeared on Tyler's album All in One Voice on November 9, 1998 . The single contains three different versions of the song as well as an alternative version of Faltermeyer's piece, published on the soundtrack, The King of St. Pauli - Theme.
• In September 1999, Sat.1 repeated the six parts of the film in a slightly shortened version and finally in January 2003 in a three-part version. Since September 2004 they have been broadcast repeatedly in the first and various third programs , with versions shortened to 90 minutes each being shown.
• The model for the film was the entrepreneur and builder of the Eros Center in St. Pauli Willi Bartels , who partly served Wedel as a consultant.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The King of St. Pauli on fernsehserien.de
2. ^ Matthias Kaufmann: Willi Bartels. The King of St. Pauli . In: Manager Magazin from July 28, 2003. ( Memento of the original from July 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• The King of St. Pauli in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The King of St. Pauli at filmportal.de
• The King of St. Pauli episode guide at www.bamby.de
• The King of St. Pauli at crew united