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Stories Set in Hamburg
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.
Open Hamburg on the StoryTerra map10 famous stories set in Hamburg
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Browse 30 books, 45 movies and 1 game set in Hamburg.

Lucky and Zorba
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…

Tomorrow Never Dies
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…

The American Friend
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…

Head-On
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.

A Most Wanted Man
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.

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

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

The Aftermath
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.

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

Gigantic
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…
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