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Der König von St. Pauli

Der König von St. Pauli

★ 7.0/10•1998•12•Drama•Crime
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Rudi, who operates a striptease club in St Pauli, incurs immense gambling debts. The situation gets worse when his rival Graf, a fishmonger, enters the scene.

Dieter Wedel · Director

Alexander Adolph · Writer

Hans Eppendorfer · Writer

Dieter Wedel · Writer

StatusEnded
LanguageDE
First Air DateJan 13, 1998

Episodes

E1108m

Episode 1

Rudi Kranzow has made a name for himself in the red-light district of St. Pauli, and his "Blaue Banane" is one of the most exciting strip clubs in this hot spot. Here, Lajana, temptation incarnate, dances while ex-boxer Sugar, Kranzow's loyal bodyguard, kicks out uninvited guests. Mizzi, an aging prostitute who is an excellent cook, and Karin, alias Karl-Heinz, a transsexual with a big mouth, are part of the furniture. When Kranzow, nicknamed Würfel-Rudi (Dice Rudi) because of his passion for gambling, is unable to pay his gambling debts, fish wholesaler Graf, who controls the scene from behind the scenes, reaches out for the "Blue Banana."

Jan 13, 1998

E2102m

Episode 2

Robert Kranzow dropped out of law school to take over his father Rudi's strip club in St. Pauli after Rudi was left in critical condition following an attempted murder. To pay off Dice Rudi's crushing gambling debts, Robert has set up a catering service with bodyguard Sugar, prostitute Mizzi, and transsexual Karin. But Rudi's promissory note is now in the possession of magician Dirk, who does the dirty work for real estate mogul Dr. Schmidt-Weber and is doing everything he can to bring Robert to his knees.

Jan 14, 1998

E3105m

Episode 3

Rudi is finally discharged from the hospital and takes over the business at his strip club, which is now called "Blue Banana." He falls in love with the new singer Julia—who his son Robert also has his eye on. Tensions between father and son escalate when Robert narrowly escapes an assassination attempt and Rudi wants to send his son back to Munich for his own protection. Rudi suspects the "Count" and pays his powerful adversary a visit to threaten him.

Jan 17, 1998

E4100m

Episode 4

The shy singer Julia discovers her hidden talents as a stripper, and things finally start looking up again for Rudi and the "Blue Banana." But real estate mogul Schmidt-Weber, who has acquired the entire neighborhood except for the Kranzow house through straw men, sends his people to sabotage the reopening of Rudi's strip club.

Jan 18, 1998

E5101m

Episode 5

The glamorous reopening of the "Blue Banana" is a huge success, but intrigue causes Rudi Kranzow to lose his license for the time being. He also threatens to lose Julia, because the new star stripper turns to her ex-lover in Munich in disappointment, as Rudi demonstratively ignores her for fear of becoming too attached. Rudi is and remains a gambler: when the "Count" offers to gamble for the Kranzow house, he cannot say no.

Jan 20, 1998

E6106m

Episode 6

By chance, Robert exposes the treacherous magician Dirk as the murderer of the stripper Lajana, whereupon a dramatic turn of events looms in the power struggle in St. Pauli. Together, Rudi and the Count discover that the corrupt construction magnate Schmidt-Weber wanted to play them off against each other in order to take over the entire neighborhood. Schmidt-Weber loses his nerve and hires Chinesen-Fiete, a dangerous killer who wants to settle the matter his own way.

Jan 21, 1998

Actors

Oliver Hasenfratz

Oliver Hasenfratz

Robert Kranzow

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Claude-Oliver Rudolph

Chinesen-Fiete

Sonja Kirchberger

Sonja Kirchberger

Maria 'Lajana' Reininger

Henry Hübchen

Henry Hübchen

Dr. Manfred Fischer

Heinz Hoenig

Heinz Hoenig

Sugar

Hilmar Thate

Hilmar Thate

Rudi Kratzow

Hans Korte

Hans Korte

Walter Graf

Karoline Eichhorn

Karoline Eichhorn

Tanja Graf

Bernd Stegemann

Bernd Stegemann

Kommissar Helmut

Julia Stemberger

Julia Stemberger

Julia Reininger

Peter Roggisch

Dr. Schmidt-Weber

Florian Martens

Florian Martens

Karl-Heinz 'Karin'

Alexander Radszun

Alexander Radszun

Dirk

Eva Maria Bauer

Eva Maria Bauer

Charlotte Bruhns

Uwe Friedrichsen

Uwe Friedrichsen

Staatsrat Vieting

Maja Maranow

Maja Maranow

Mizzi

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