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Overview
Set in Hamburg's âHell's Kitchen,â a waterfront milieu of gangsters, pimps, dealers and prostitutes, the story follows the attempts of an ex-seaman first to insinuate himself into the scene, and then to extricate himself from it. He becomes a small-time pimp, sending his naive girlfriend out onto the streets thinking she is financing their middle-class future. When he becomes involved with an old pal, Nil, he increases his criminal portfolio. But when he steals Nil's girlfriend and things heat up, he leaves for his sister's middle-class home in Berlin, where his attempts to fit in are doomed from the start. Returning to Hamburg, he starts a rapid decline that delivers him into the waiting arms of Nil, whose revenge is merciless.
Top Cast

Wolf-Dietrich Sprenger
Knut

Katja Rupé
Heinke

Karl-Heinz von Hassel
Charly

Tana Schanzara

Brigitte Janner
Ditte

Christoph Eichhorn

Kirsten Dene
Ms. Rau

Friedrich Schoenfelder
Juweller

Hella von Sinnen
Hans Eppendorfer

Beate Hasenau

Magdalena Montezuma
Key Film Crew
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