Port of Desire
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
86 min
Release Date
1958-08-13
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
3.5
Hildegard Knef
Maria
Daniel Gélin
Pierre
Jean Lefebvre
Georges
Daniel Sorano
Jean-Marie
Frédéric O'Brady
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N.A.
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Günther Jerschke
Reiner Brönneke
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Hans Hessling
Günther Jerschke
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