On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954 film)

On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (German:Auf der Reeperbahn nachts um halb eins) is a 1954 West German comedy drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hans Albers, Heinz Rühmann and Fita Benkhoff. The film is set in Hamburg and was one of two 1950s films starring Albers attempting to emulate the success of his 1944 hit Große Freiheit Nr. 7. The film takes its name from the 1912 song of the same name and is not a remake of the 1929 silent film of the same title. A further version was made in 1969 with Curd Jürgens.

Cast

• Hans Albers as Hannes Wedderkamp
• Heinz Rühmann as Pittes Breuer
• Fita Benkhoff as Luise
• Erwin Strahl as Bilek
• Sybil Werden as Marion
• Gustav Knuth as Brandstetter snr.
• Fritz Wagner as Kattmann
• Helga Franck as Anni
• Jürgen Graf as Jürgen Brandstetter
• Wolfgang Neuss as Nigrantz
• Else Reval as Die stramme Emma
• Liselotte Malkowsky as Singer
• Carl Hinrichs as Bootsmann Jan
• Wulf Rittscher as Herr Ettmann
• Wolfgang Müller as Matrose
• Al Hoosmann as Ein Gast
• George André Martin as Hausknecht Smittie
• Michael Piel as Tänzer
• Marion Soremba as Singer

Bibliography

• Hake, Sabine. Popular Cinema of the Third Reich. University of Texas Press, 2001.

External links

• On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight at IMDb