Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1988
Hotel St. Pauli
Buy Hotel St. Pauli now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'Hotel St. Pauli' is a 1988 Norwegian drama film by Svend Wam, based upon the novel 'Jord!' by Erland Kisterud.
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.
Plot
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
* yvin Bang Berven as Morgan
* John Ege as Jor
* Amanda Ooms as Gerda
* Sossen Krohg as Morgan's mother
* Jns 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
Production
When it came out, this film caused a debate due to its unsimulated sex scenes. Amanda Ooms said she didn't regret to have played in this movie: "No not at all. I did my job well there, but there are scene in which I had full sex and some other strange things. It's a movie on the border. It's a pretty sex-based movie. It is a little difficult to explain to my own children why I took that role. I guess I did it just because I got paid well," she said.
References
Buy Hotel St. Pauli now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1988