Hotel St. Pauli
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Directed bySvend Wam
Written byPetter Vennerød
Svend Wam
Svend Wam
Based onJord!
by Erland Kiøsterud
by Erland Kiøsterud
Produced bySvend Wam
| Hotel St. Pauli | |
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| Directed by | Svend Wam |
| Written by | Petter Vennerød Svend Wam |
| Based on | Jord! by Erland Kiøsterud |
| Produced by | Svend Wam |
| Starring | John Ege Amanda Ooms Øyvin Bang Berven |
| Cinematography | Philip Øgaard |
Production company | Mefistofilm AS |
Release date |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | Norway |
| Languages | Norwegian Swedish |
Hotel St. Pauli is a 1988 Norwegian drama film by Svend Wam, based upon the novel Jord! by Erland Kiøsterud.
The movie is set in Copenhagen, Hamburg and the roads in between. It is about sex and violence in the Hamburg red light district of St. Pauli.
Jor tries to make a living as an artist. For the time being, he and his girlfriend Gerda have to live off her income as a prostitute. When the young Morgan comes into their life, the relationship between the three becomes difficult, with Gerda and Morgan eventually fleeing.
Cast
- Øyvin Bang Berven as Morgan
- John Ege as Jor
- Amanda Ooms as Gerda
- Sossen Krohg as Morgan's mother
- Jöns Andersson as Priest
- Jorunn Kjellsby as theatre manager
- Lasse Lindtner as Jor on stage
- Petter Nome as radio voice
- Linn Stokke as Gerda on stage
- Ingrid van Bergen as hotel manager
