Port of Desire

Port of Desire

Port of Desire

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Port of Desire

1958

1h 26m

3.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

Pierre is in Hamburg on a merchant ship with his friends Georges and Jean-Marie. While they are just looking for a good time in the twenty-four hours they have to waste in the city, Pierre is seized by the memory of a young German girl, Maria, whom he had known and probably loved when he was a prisoner of war in the bombed-out port of Hamburg. He abandons his companions in search of her, but is unable to trace her, her house having been destroyed and the search services having no record of her.

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Hildegard Knef

Maria

Hildegard Knef

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Daniel Gélin

Pierre

Daniel Gélin

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Jean Lefebvre

Georges

Jean Lefebvre

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Daniel Sorano

Jean-Marie

Daniel Sorano

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Frédéric O'Brady

Barkeeper

Frédéric O'Brady

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Almuth Bock

N.A.

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Reinhold Nietschmann

Unknown Role

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Günther Jerschke

Unknown Role

Günther Jerschke

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Reiner Brönneke

Pimp at Bar

Reiner Brönneke

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Kurt Klopsch

Julius, the Cabaret Owner

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Bob Iller

Patron Sponging the Wrestling Winner

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Joachim Rake

Unknown Role

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Karl Friedrich Feudell

Unknown Role

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Hans Hessling

Unknown Role

Hans Hessling

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Günther Jerschke

Heindrick

Günther Jerschke

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Maya Merlin

Unknown Role

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Lore Schulz

Unknown Role

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Karin Volkert

Blonde at Bar

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