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Port of Desire

19581h 26m5.3 / 10

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.

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Checked Jul 22, 2026

Port of Desire opened in theaters August 13, 1958. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Hildegard KnefMaria
Daniel GélinPierre
Jean LefebvreGeorges
Daniel SoranoJean-Marie
Frédéric O'BradyBarkeeper
Almuth BockN.A.
Reinhold Nietschmann
Günther Jerschke

Credits

Directed by
Yves Allégret
Written by
Yves Allégret, Maurice Aubergé

Production details

Status
Released
Original language
French
Original title
La fille de Hambourg

Themes

hamburg, germany