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Hansestadt Hamburg, 1974...
a less than normal dude, Fritz Honka, from a disfunctional family works in one of the many shipyards of the town on Elba, and spend most of his spare time in a bar, Der goldene Handschuh, where curtains are always closed "because people didn't drink with sunlight" and where desperate people found shelter : old prostitutes, old sailors and a ex SS officer, probably a normal private from German Army but the naive people of Golden Glove depict him so. Fritz is a heavy drinker and is a killer, is not able to consume a sexual act so he kills women, a couple of old ex prostitutes that hanging at bar.
He lives in a smelly crawl space, the stink comes from the mutilated bodies, because he is afraid to get rid of them, so when a probable victim, Gerda Voss clean his house without open the recess where hidden victims are buried Fritz invites Gerda to stay.
The odd couple tries to living normal, he received a Sunday visit from his older borther Siggi too, so we know how Fritz childhood was hard, Siggi leaving tells Fritz not to let go Gerda, but Fritz the very next day brings Gerda at Golden Glove, Gerda mets a woman from Salvation Army (I'm not sure she's from the Army or some protestant churchs...) anyway the woman offers Gerda a real shelter, and Gerda is gone.
The life of Fritz gets even worse, a classic VW T2 hits him in front of the catholic church (that seems the only clean place in his block), the T2 fractures Fritz arm and leaves him inconscious, after that Fritz quits drinking and finds another job, night patrolling a building, and he gets a revolver too...
The night shift carries some news, he mets Helga the night cleaner, she's quite manner and beauty-gone woman, Fritz falls for her, but she's married, her hubby is unemployed and spent Helga money in booze, Fritz asks Helga to borrow money but Helga declines.
The hubby visit his wife on nightshift, they heavy drink and dance when Fritz arrives they ask him to stay and drink with them but Fritz declines...just a couple of days later Helga goes to Fritz and tells him how she's unhappy with his hausband, she carries a drink, this time Fritz drinks with Helga, the next dat Fritz buys booze and spent his free time at GG bar again. Night comes down and a drunken Fritz goes to work and try to rape Helga...but her hubby comes, Helga escapes and Fritz is fired.
Fritz is stalking woman at GG again...
This movie is bad, and it's good, is good because is a clear depiction of the powerful HH in the 70's, with Greek immigrants...that cook ram and garlick every day. And is bad because you feel compassion for Fritz, don't forget, he's a drunken serial killer...
