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Hamburg is Germany's biggest port city, a rainy northern hub built on trade and sailors. The Beatles cut their teeth playing its clubs before they were famous, and its stories run on docks, deals and Turkish-German families. The American Friend conned through it; Head-On crashed into it. Open Hamburg on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.

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10 famous stories set in Hamburg

Live snapshot of the top 10 most popular catalogue items (2026-09-05). Click any card to open this entry on the live map.

Browse 30 books, 45 movies and 1 game set in Hamburg.

Lucky and Zorba

Lucky and Zorba

Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica
movie

A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not…

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: 1990s
Tomorrow Never Dies

Tomorrow Never Dies

Eon Productions-United Artists-Danjaq
movie

A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against each other. Now James Bond must take on this evil mastermind in an adrenaline-charged battle to end his reign of terror…

Setting: London, England, UK; Hong Kong; Hamburg, Germany; South China SeaTime Period: 1997
The American Friend

The American Friend

Road Movies-Wim Wenders Productions-Les Films du Losange-WDR
movie

Tom Ripley an American who deals in forged art is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival he suggests Zimmerman and the two…

Setting: Hamburg, Germany; Paris, FranceTime Period: 1970s
Head-On

Head-On

Corazón International-ARTE-Panfilm-Wüste Filmproduktion-NDR-Bavaria Film International
movie

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: 2000s
A Most Wanted Man

A Most Wanted Man

Senator Film-Potboiler Productions-Lionsgate-Film4 Productions-FilmNation Entertainment-Demarest Films-The Ink Factory-Amusement Park Films
movie

A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg and becomes a person of interest for a covert government team which tracks the movements of potential terrorists.

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: Contemporary
The Golden Glove

The Golden Glove

Warner Bros. Pictures-The Match Factory-Pathé-Warner Bros. Entertainment Germany-Deutscher Filmförderfonds-Bombero International
movie

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: 1970s
Soul Kitchen

Soul Kitchen

Pyramide Productions-Corazón International-Dorje Film-NDR
movie

In Hamburg German-Greek chef Zinos unknowingly disturbs the peace in his locals-only restaurant by hiring a more talented chef.

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: 2000s
The Aftermath

The Aftermath

Scott Free Productions-Amusement Park Films-Fox Searchlight Pictures
movie

In the aftermath of World War II a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.

Setting: Hamburg, GermanyTime Period: Post-World War II
In July

In July

Wüste Filmproduktion-ARD-Quality Pictures
movie

Can Daniel follow the sun from Hamburg to the Bosporus by Friday to meet his love?

Setting: Hamburg, Germany; Bosporus, TurkeyTime Period: July 2000
Gigantic

Gigantic

X Filme Creative Pool-ARTE-NDR
movie

The Hamburg friends Walter Ricco and Floyd take each day as it comes between the estates of tower blocks and fast food restaurants. All three are in their early twenties and are dreaming of another life when Floyd…

Setting: Hamburg, Germany; SingaporeTime Period: 1990s

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