---
title: 'The Hamburg Syndrome (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Peter Fleischmann'
released: '1979-11-22'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-hamburg-syndrome-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079264/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Hamburg Syndrome (1979)

1979 · 117 min · Science Fiction · Germany, France

Original title: Die Hamburger Krankheit

## Synopsis

The Hamburg Syndrome is a 1979 West German-French science fiction film directed by Peter Fleischmann and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal and Carline Seiser. The film is about an outbreak of an epidemic and quarantine. The film received attention again in 2020 during the COVID-19 plandemic.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Peter Fleischmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fleischmann)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Fleischmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-fleischmann), [Otto Jägersberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-jagersberg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean-Michel Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-michel-jarre)
- **Director of Photography:** [Colin Mounier](https://cinepixo.com/people/colin-mounier)
- **Editor:** [Susan Zinowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/susan-zinowsky)

## Cast

- [Romy Haag](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-haag)
- [Rainer Langhans](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-langhans)
- [Carline Seiser](https://cinepixo.com/people/carline-seiser)
- [Helmut Griem](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-griem)
- [Friedrich Hartau](https://cinepixo.com/people/friedrich-hartau)
- [Werner Cartano](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-cartano)
- [Peter von Zahn](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-von-zahn)
- [Klaus Mikoleit](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-mikoleit)
- [Fernando Arrabal](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernando-arrabal)
- [Karl-Heinz Peters](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-heinz-peters)
- [Gert Karl Schaefer](https://cinepixo.com/people/gert-karl-schaefer)
- [Leopold Hainisch](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-hainisch)
- [Tilo Prückner](https://cinepixo.com/people/tilo-pruckner)
- [Rosel Zech](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosel-zech)
- [Evelyn Künneke](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-kunneke)

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