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7.013 votes1998EndedDramaCrime

Synopsis

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.

Episodes

Season 1

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1. Episode 1Now viewing1998-01-131h 48mRudi 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."
2. Episode 21998-01-141h 42mRobert 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.
3. Episode 31998-01-171h 45mRudi 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.
4. Episode 41998-01-181h 40mThe 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.
5. Episode 51998-01-201h 41mThe 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.
6. Episode 61998-01-211h 46mBy 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.

Cast

Top Billed Cast

Oliver Hasenfratz
Robert Kranzow
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Chinesen-Fiete
Sonja Kirchberger
Maria 'Lajana' Reininger
Henry Hübchen
Dr. Manfred Fischer
Heinz Hoenig
Sugar
Hilmar Thate
Rudi Kratzow
Hans Korte
Walter Graf
Karoline Eichhorn
Tanja Graf
Bernd Stegemann
Kommissar Helmut
Julia Stemberger
Julia Reininger
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Peter Roggisch
Dr. Schmidt-Weber
Florian Martens
Karl-Heinz 'Karin'
Alexander Radszun
Dirk
Eva Maria Bauer
Charlotte Bruhns
Uwe Friedrichsen
Staatsrat Vieting
Maja Maranow
Mizzi
Andrea Sawatzki
Regine Fischer

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How many seasons does Der König von St. Pauli have?

Der König von St. Pauli has 1 season and 6 episodes.

When did Der König von St. Pauli first air?

Der König von St. Pauli first aired in 1998.

Is Der König von St. Pauli still running?

Der König von St. Pauli's status on TMDB is: Ended.

What genre is Der König von St. Pauli?

Der König von St. Pauli is classified as Drama, Crime.