Homesick for St. Paul (1963)

Name: Homesick for St. Paul
Genre: Drama, Music
Released: 1963-08-29
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Freddy Quinn, Rudolf Beiswanger, Josef Albrecht, Ullrich Haupt, Erna Sellmer

Homesick for St. Paul (1963), directed by Werner Jacobs, starring Freddy Quinn and Rudolf Beiswanger.

08/29/1963 BR Drama and Music 1h 42m

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Synopsis

A pop singer who has been successful on Broadway, is homesick and returns.

Heinz PehlkeCinematography
Werner JacobsDirector
Klaus DudenhöferEditing
Wolf C. HartwigProducer

About the film

Homesick for St. Pauli (German: Heimweh nach St. Pauli) is a 1963 German drama film directed by Werner Jacobs and starring Freddy Quinn, Josef Albrecht and Ullrich Haupt. It was based on a musical by Lotar Olias and Gustav Kampendonk

The film was one of the many foreign films that Jayne Mansfield made in the 1960s, after becoming a star in the late 1950s in films like: The Girl Can't Help It (1956) and Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957).

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Location shooting took place in New York and Germany. The film was shot in Hamburg in mid-1963.

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The film's sets were designed by the art directors Albrecht Becker and Herbert Kirchhoff. Location shooting took place in New York and Germany. The film was shot in Hamburg in mid-1963.

Synopsis

A German singer who has enjoyed massive success in the United States returns to his hometown, the St. Pauli district of Hamburg.

Cast

Freddy Quinn as Jimmy Jones

Josef Albrecht as Theo Steinemann

Ullrich Haupt as Bob Hartau

Erna Sellmer as Mutter Steinemann

Beppo Brem as Seppl

Bill Ramsey as Jack

Jayne Mansfield as Evelyne

Christa Schindler as Rosie Becker

Hein Riess as Kuddel

Heiner Holl as Manager Harry

Charles Palent as Rotkäppchen

Addi Münster as Wirt

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External links

Homesick for St. Pauli at IMDb

Text from Homesick for St. Pauli on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesick_for_St._Pauli

Trivia

It premiered on August 29, 1963, a Thursday.
It runs 1h42 — a typical feature length.
Its original title is "Heimweh nach St. Pauli".
This film's quiz has 11 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.