Hotel by the Hour
{{Short description|1970 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Hotel by the Hour
| image =Das Stundenhotel von St. Pauli.jpg
| caption =
| director = Rolf Olsen
| producer = Heinz Willeg
| writer = Rolf Olsen
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|Curd Jürgens|Andrea Rau}}
| music = Erwin Halletz
| cinematography = Heinz Hölscher
| editing = Renate Wille
| studio = {{ubl|Parnass Film|Terra Film}}
| distributor = Constantin Film
| released = {{film date|1970|4|9|df=y}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| country = West Germany
| language = German
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Hotel by the Hour (German title: {{Lang|de|Das Stundenhotel von St. Pauli}}) is a 1970 West German crime film directed by Rolf Olsen and starring Curd Jürgens, Andrea Rau, and Corny Collins.{{sfn|Bock|Bergfelder|p=232}} It is set in the red-light district of St. Pauli in Hamburg. A Stundenhotel is a hotel where rooms are let by the hour, similar to Japanese love hotels.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst H. Albrecht.
Cast
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- Curd Jürgens as Kommissar Canisius
- Andrea Rau as Hannelore Zibulka
- Corny Collins as Nora Benoni
- Rudolf Schündler as Oskar Jennewein
- Michael Maien as Karl Swarowski
- Brigitte Mira as Rose Schuh
- Monika Hielscher as Anna
- Heinrich Gies as Paul Rehschopf
- Robert Wolfgang Schnell as Walter Stooth
- Laurence Bien as Jürgen Möbisch
- Konrad Georg as Police Commissioner Dr. Marschall
- Paul Albert Krumm as Sigi Krulich
- Walter Buschhoff as Lucas Freund
- Gine Magnol as Inge Bauer
- Marlies Petersen as Erna Machunze
- Friedrich Siemers as Herbert Dreegen
- Ilse Peternell as Beate Dreegen
- Thomas Fischer as K. H. Killian
- Angelica Ott as Marion
- Gerd Frickhöffer as Adolf von Batelnigg
- Yvonne Ten Hoff as Heidi Strauss
- Klaus Hagen Latwesen as Rolf Hogerth
- Manfred Tümmler as Peter Canisius
- Manfred Spies as Kretschmann
- Dieter Wagner as Egon Gold
- Käte Jaenicke
- Ulli Kinalzik as Franz
- Gustl Meyer-Fuerst as Bill
}}
References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book | ref = {{sfnref|Bock|Bergfelder}} | editor-first1 = Hans-Michael | editor-last1 = Bock | editor-link1 = Hans-Michael Bock | editor-first2 = Tim | editor-last2 = Bergfelder | title = The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2009 | location = New York | isbn = 978-1-57181-655-9 }}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0066419|Das Stundenhotel von St. Pauli}}
{{Rolf Olsen}}
Category:1970s German-language films
Category:Films directed by Rolf Olsen
Category:Police detective films
Category:Films about prostitution in Germany
Category:Films scored by Erwin Halletz
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