Port of Desire (1958)
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.
Director: Yves Allégret
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Hildegard Knef as Maria |
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Daniel Gélin as Pierre |
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Jean Lefebvre as Georges |
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Daniel Sorano as Jean-Marie |
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Frédéric O'Brady as Barkeeper |
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Almuth Bock as N.A. |
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Reinhold Nietschmann as |
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Günther Jerschke as |
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Reiner Brönneke as Pimp at Bar |
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Kurt Klopsch as Julius, the Cabaret Owner |
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Bob Iller as Patron Sponging the Wrestling Winner |
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Joachim Rake as |
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Karl Friedrich Feudell as |
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Hans Hessling as |
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Günther Jerschke as Heindrick |
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Maya Merlin as |
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Lore Schulz as |
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Karin Volkert as Blonde at Bar |
| Writing | Yves Allégret | Novel |
| Editing | Claude Nicole | Editor |
| Writing | Maurice Aubergé | Novel |
| Art | Robert Guisgand | Set Designer |
| Production | José Bénazéraf | Producer |
| Directing | Yves Allégret | Director |
| Sound | Jean Ledrut | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Armand Thirard | Director of Photography |
| Production | Georges Glass | Producer |