Jimmy Orpheus

1966 0h 52m DE

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 5

Drama

Synopsis

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Jimmy Orpheus is about a young day labourer at the docks. After a crawl through the late-night bars in the St. Pauli red-light district, he meets a prostitute, for whom he risks life and limb while walking around night-time Hamburg … A love story that is as poetic as it is realistic, with Roland Klick trying out various extravagant editing and camera techniques, such as jump cuts and time-lapse shots, as well as his idea of action movies.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Klaus Schichan
Jimmy Orpheus
Ortrud Beginnen
Mädchen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Roland Klick
Writers: Roland Klick
Languages: German
Countries: Germany

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RUNTIME

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Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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60 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roland Klick, shot by Robert van Ackeren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Klaus Schichan and Ortrud Beginnen carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0196654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Roland Klick directs. Robert van Ackeren behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 52-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
260 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Roland Klick, shot by Robert van Ackeren. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Klaus Schichan and Ortrud Beginnen carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0196654 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.