On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1954 film)

On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
Directed by	Wolfgang Liebeneiner
Written by	Curt J. Braun; Gustav Kampendonk;
Produced by	Karl Mitschke; Kurt Ulrich; Heinz Willeg;
Starring	Hans Albers; Heinz Rühmann; Fita Benkhoff; Erwin Strahl;
Cinematography	Kurt Schulz
Edited by	Ingrid Wacker
Music by	Herbert Trantow
Production; company	Berolina Film
Distributed by	Herzog Film
Release date	16 December 1954;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

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.^[1] 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.

It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in West Berlin and on location around Hamburg, including St. Pauli and Cuxhaven as well as on Heligoland. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Willi Herrmann and Heinrich Weidemann.

Synopsis

After many years away sailor Hannes Wedderkamp returns to his home city of Hamburg and meets up with his old friend Pittes Breuer who owns a venue on the Reeperbahn. Currently struggling, Hannes helps him turn it around by introducing a new revue. He also takes a kindly interest in his friend's grown-up daughter, only to discover that she is in fact really his own child who has been brought up by Pittes. When the two men fall out shortly afterwards, Pittes gets mixed up with an unscrupulous con man and Hannes pulls out all the stops to save him.