Heiligabend auf St. Pauli

A paean to alcohol as a means of survival to this world, and to the ephemeral communities created by our need not to be alone. On Christmas Eve, between six in the evening and four at night, Klaus Wildenhahn films people who are excluded from this "must be" celebration, and land up in a bar in St. Pauli, Hamburg: truck drivers and prostitutes, regular or casual customers, a coach and an amateur boxer... all desperately in search of happiness, tenderness and sex.

Release Date

December 20, 1968

Status

Released

Original Title

Heiligabend auf St. Pauli

Runtime

51min

Budget

Revenue

Language

German

Production Companies

NDR