Jailbreak in Hamburg

1971 film

Fred Denger [de; fr; nds]
George Hurdalek

Produced by

Walter Koppel
Heinz Willeg

Starring

Horst Frank
Christiane Krüger
Heinz Reincke

CinematographyGiorgio TontiEdited byRenate Willeg [de]Music byPeter Schirmann [de]

Production
companies

Allianz Filmproduktion
Terra-Filmkunst
Walter Koppel Film

Distributed byConstantin Film

Release date

15 October 1971 (1971-10-15)

Running time

83 minutesCountryWest GermanyLanguageGerman

Jailbreak in Hamburg (German: Fluchtweg St. Pauli) is a 1971 German thriller film directed by Wolfgang Staudte and starring Horst Frank, Christiane Krüger, and Heinz Reincke.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Rothe. It was shot on location around Hamburg including on the Reeperbahn.^{[citation needed]}

Synopsis

A dangerous prisoner escapes in a jailbreak and goes on the loose in Hamburg where he seeks assistance from his family.

Cast

Horst Frank as Willy Jensen
Christiane Krüger as Vera Jensen
Heinz Reincke as Heinz Jensen
Klaus Schwarzkopf as Kommisar Knudsen
Siegurd Fitzek [de] as Timpe
Heidy Bohlen as Liliane Berndorf
Ulrich Beiger as Berndorf
Andrea Rau as Maggy
Gerhard Bormann [nds] as Löffler
Ingeburg Kanstein [de] as Polizistin Fiedler
Horst Hesslein [de] as Jimmy
Harry Wolff as Mann
Curt Timm [de] as Burkhardt

References

^ BFI.org

External links

Jailbreak in Hamburg at IMDb

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Films directed by Wolfgang Staudte

Bravo Acrobat! (1943)
The Murderers Are Among Us (1946)
The Adventures of Fridolin (1948)
Rotation (1949)
Second Hand Destiny (1949)
The Staircase (1950)
Poison in the Zoo (1952)
Die Geschichte vom kleinen Muck (1953)
Leuchtfeuer (1954)
Rose Bernd (1957)
The Muzzle (1958)
Escape from Sahara (1958)
Roses for the Prosecutor (1959)
The Fair (1960)
The Last Witness (1960)
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
Destination Death (1964)
Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)
Jailbreak in Hamburg (1971)

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