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The Priest of St. Pauli

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The Priest of St. Pauli
German film poster
GermanDer Pfarrer von St. Pauli
Directed byRolf Olsen
Written byRolf Olsen
Produced byHeinz Willeg
Starring
CinematographyFranz Xaver Lederle
Edited byRenate Willeg
Music byErwin Halletz
Production
companies
Allianz Filmproduktion
Terra Film
Distributed byConstantin Film
Release date
  • 18 August 1970 (1970-08-18)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

The Priest of St. Pauli (German: Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli) is a 1970 West German drama film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Curd Jürgens. Two years earlier they had made the similarly-themed The Doctor of St. Pauli together.[1]

Plot

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A former submarine commander turned priest tends to the inhabitants of St. Pauli, the red light district of Hamburg.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Mayer, Geoffrey (2012). Historical Dictionary of Crime Films. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8108-6769-7.
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