{{short description|1966 film by Will Tremper}} {{Infobox film | name = Sperrbezirk | image = | alt = | caption = | native_name = <!-- {{Infobox name module|language|title}} or {{Infobox name module|title}} --> | director = Will Tremper | producer = Ernst Neubach | writer = | screenplay = Will Tremper | story = | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | starring = Harald Leipnitz<br>Suzanne Roquette<br>Guido Baumann | narrator = | music = Heinz Schreiter | cinematography = Hans Jura | editing = Ursula Möhrle | studio = Universum | distributor = <!-- or: | distributors = --> | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1966|06|03|}} | runtime = 94 min | country = West Germany | language = German | budget = | gross = }} '''''Sperrbezirk''''' is a 1966 West German comedy drama film directed by Will Tremper and starring Harald Leipnitz, Suzanne Roquette and Guido Baumann.<ref name="BFI">{{cite web |title=Sperrbezirk (1966) |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b6a51c8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209151654/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b6a51c8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=20 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> It is adapted from a story by Ernst Neubach.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sperrbezirk |url=https://www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de/filme/veranstaltungen/sperrbezirk-2.html?tx_msmveranstaltungen_veranstaltungen%5Baction%5D=show&cHash=1b135c9fc17401a42b94b2ee8523bd81 |website=www.muenchner-stadtmuseum.de |accessdate=20 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref> The film was also known as ''Sperrbezirk, das Geschäft mit der Unmoral'' (Sperrbezirk, the business of immorality).<ref>{{cite web |title=Sperrbezirk |url=https://www.filmportal.de/film/sperrbezirk_1694d63fabeb4a998be52f3119649684 |website=www.filmportal.de |accessdate=20 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref>
==Plot== Young and attractive Ann works in a Berlin drive-in cinema. One day, she meets an eloquent and charming estate agent, Bernie Kallmann, who Ann quickly falls in love with. Unknown to Ann, Bernie's apparent attraction towards her, as with many other women, is because Kallmann is a pimp and a significant member of the ring that controls all prostitution in the city.<ref name="www.filmstarts.de">{{cite web |title=Sperrbezirk |url=http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/270445.html |website=www.filmstarts.de |accessdate=20 May 2019}}</ref>
When Bernie knows Ann's feelings for sure, he persuades her to work on the streets a prostitute.<ref name="www.filmstarts.de" /> Bernie makes a big mistake, he falls in love with Ann. Now Kallmann, after he has pushed his beau into prostitution, tries to get Ann out of it. This causes massive conflicts with the rest of the pimp gang. Kallmann has to pay for the rediscovery of his humanity with his own life.
==Cast== * Harald Leipnitz ... Bernie Kallmann * Suzanne Roquette ... Ann * Guido Baumann ... Detlev Rhombus * Rudolf Schündler ... Klipitzki * Ruth Maria Kubitschek ... Blue Eyed * Ingeborg Schöner ... Jolly * Karel Štěpánek ... Inspector Wagner * Bruce Low ... Police President * Christian Rode ... Fopper * Helga Zeckra ... Detta * Ursula van der Wielen ... Dora * Christina von Falz-Fein ... Baroness * Ernst Neubach ... Napoleon * Max Nosseck ... Nossy * Hans Bergmann ... Schameczco
==Reviews== Tremper himself described Sperrbezirk as "A gruesome story of an naive country girl, which becomes a hooker out of love."<ref name="Spiegel">{{cite web |title=TREMPER: Berliner Trauma |url=https://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-46407154.html |website=Spiegel Online |accessdate=20 May 2019 |date=2 May 1966}}</ref>
The ''Lexikon des internationalen Films'' summed the film up as "a draw between mischief, brutality and speculation fluctuating colportage. The implied dispute with prostitution is merely inadequate camouflage."<ref name="Zweitausendeins">{{cite web |title=Filmlexikon FILME von A-Z - Sperrbezirk |url=https://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?sucheNach=titel&wert=11637 |website=www.zweitausendeins.de |publisher=Zweitausendeins |accessdate=20 May 2019}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0061009}}
Category:1966 films Category:German thriller films Category:West German films Category:1966 German-language films Category:Films directed by Will Tremper Category:Films about prostitution in Germany Category:Films based on short fiction Category:1966 thriller films Category:1966 drama films Category:1966 German films