Hamburg, St. Pauli, New Year's Eve. Oskar Wrobel runs a music club in an old hospital at the edge of the Reeperbahn. While fireworks go off in the streets of St. Pauli, he prepares the big final party - the club has to close. Thankfully there is no time to think about it because the chaos is breaking into his living room, all while hell break loose at the club. The film, based on the novel by Tino Hanekamp, was filmed with hundreds of extras attending a real-life three-night-long party.
Direction
Jakob Lass blurs staging and documentary until invisible
Production
Real three-night party = controlled chaos you can't fake
Acting
Corinna Harfouch brings gravitas to the political margins
Director
Jakob Lass
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Bela B. (Die Ärzte drummer) plays Elvis; his casting bridges Hamburg's punk history with the film's DIY spirit.
The club's location in a former St. Pauli hospital evokes Hamburg's constant erasure of its own countercultural spaces for development.
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