

The Hamburg Syndrome
1979, German. Directed by Peter Fleischmann.
Doctors are at a loss!
When a plague breaks out in Hamburg, several people break out of quarantine and make their way out of the city... only to find that the plague is more widespread.
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 22 November 1979
- Original title
- Die Hamburger Krankheit
- Country
- Germany, France
- Written by
- Peter Fleischmann, Otto Jägersberg, Roland Topor
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The Hamburg Syndrome runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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The Hamburg Syndrome isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 22 November 1979. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Hamburg Syndrome?
The Hamburg Syndrome (1979) was directed by Peter Fleischmann and stars Helmut Griem, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber.