Frankfurt Kaiserstrasse
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Frankfurt Kaiserstrasse |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Roger Fritz |
| script | Georg Ensor |
| production |
Horst Hächler , Karl Spiehs |
| music | Asha Puthli |
| camera | Ernst W. Kalinke |
| cut | Karl Aulitzky |
| occupation | |
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Frankfurt Kaiserstraße is a German feature film from 1981.
action
The station district in Frankfurt am Main. At the beginning of the 1980s, this corner of the Main metropolis was run down and a synonym for drug trafficking , junkies , prostitution , crime and human trafficking . Susanne, who is still a minor, gets caught in this vortex after she has left her well-ordered parental home and come here. She finally wanted to escape the long-term trouble with her parents and move in with her blond friend Rolf, who is doing his service in the Bundeswehr nearby . Her relationship with Rolf was ultimately the main reason why Susanne fell out with her parents. In Frankfurt, Susanne found shelter with her gay uncle Ossi. Rolf's move to the Bundeswehr is also extremely difficult. Rolf has massive adjustment difficulties, his superiors harass him and the conformity of barracks life, the endless boredom, soon wears him down. He also misses his girlfriend. One night when he went on a drinking tour with the canteen assistant Kris, he woke up in a cell the next morning.
Susanne promptly believes that her Rolf must have had something with Kris and breaks up with him. Through Uncle Ossi, she now finds herself in the hitherto unknown whore and pimp milieu. The Viennese Loddel Johnny has just been waiting for an "innocence from the country" like Susanne. He flatters her and gives Susanne a luxurious apartment. Susanne is naive enough to believe that Johnny is doing all of this just because of her beautiful blue eyes. But this illusion does not last long. Johnny senses big business: he wants to turn Susanne into his luxury whore, the “best horse in the stable”. When she witnesses a murder committed by Johnny, the girl instinctively knows that she must flee the greasy pimp as quickly as possible. Now Johnny is after her too and wants to silence her. At the last moment, Susanne escapes his grasp and tries, far from Frankfurt, to repair the broken relationship with Rolf. Both will probably have a future together.
Production notes
Frankfurt Kaiserstraße was created in mid-1981 and was premiered on October 1st or 2nd, 1981, depending on the source.
The brunette leading actress Michaela Karger was a former playmate and was accordingly topless in this film.
Reviews
“Youth reports are currently in vogue on the screen. What about 'Christiane F.' started is now to be continued with 'Frankfurt Kaiserstraße'. Germany's young filmmaker from the very beginning, Roger Fritz, is directing his first production in years. "
"Visually effective, but mendacious colportage that the Frankfurt train station district would like to make a German Chicago and itself a problem film."
Web links
- Frankfurt Kaiserstraße in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frankfurt Kaiserstraße at filmportal.de