Review: Der Arzt von St. Pauli/Females for Hire 1968 Rolf Olsen returns big time
Rolf Olsen, who gave us the impressive "In Frankfurt sind die Nächte heiß" proto-Giallo, proved to be an effective and capable director of local vice-Krimis. The most successful of this small series of movies was "Wenn es Nacht wird auf der Reeperbahn"/When Night Falls Over the Reeperbahn with 1.5 million paying visitors. Constantin, the big German distributor, saw the possibility for a potential hit. If there was one place in Germany that was synonymous with crime and vice, it was St. Pauli, a former free and lawless (Große Freiheit = Great Freedom) area outside of Hamburg where goods of all kinds could be traded and services of all kinds could be provided. It took the Nazis to incorporate that renegade area into Hamburg properly in 1937, which led to all kinds of frictions. Until today, that part of the city retains its old renegade spirit and flavor, expressed mostly in the soccer/football club of FC St. Pauli with its underdog, anarchic mentality. And it spaw...
