Set in Hamburg's “Hell's Kitchen,” 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.
Walter Bockmayer
Director
Rolf Bührmann
Director
Hans Eppendorfer
Writer
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography
Rolf Bührmann
Producer
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
