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''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (German: ''Die Hamburger Krankheit'') is a 1979 West German sci-fi film directed by Peter Fleischmann (''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'') and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Rainer Laghans, Leopold Hainisch, and Romy Haag. The film depicts the sudden outbreak of a deadly disease in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} and the UsefulNotes/{{West German|y}} government's attempts to quarantine the city and stop its spread.

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''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (German: ''Die Hamburger Krankheit'') is a 1979 West German sci-fi disaster film directed by Peter Fleischmann (''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'') and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Rainer Laghans, Leopold Hainisch, and Romy Haag. The film depicts the sudden outbreak of a deadly disease in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} and the UsefulNotes/{{West German|y}} government's attempts to quarantine the city and stop its spread.
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* PackagedAsOtherMedium: [[https://gfx.videobuster.de/archive/v/cvD2Q1dlVPZopVyhuEVEZ-Qcz0lMkawpiUyRqglMkZpbWGZJTJGanBlZyUyRmLP1zdj6u1jY2IyZec0ZGIxZmLMy7gwOS5qcGcmcj1opjAw/die-hamburger-krankheit-dvd-full-cover.jpg One DVD cover]] is designed to resemble a newspaper article on the titular disease outbreak, with the paper given the [[BlandNameProduct generic title]] ''HH'', which in real life is a license plate abbreviation for vehicles registered in the eponymous city.
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''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (German: ''Die Hamburger Krankheit'') is a 1979 West German sci-fi film directed by Peter Fleischmann (''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'') and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Rainer Laghans, Leopold Hainisch, and Romy Haag. The film depicts the sudden outbreak of a deadly disease in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} and the West German government's attempts to quarantine the city and stop its spread.

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''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (German: ''Die Hamburger Krankheit'') is a 1979 West German sci-fi film directed by Peter Fleischmann (''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'') and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Rainer Laghans, Leopold Hainisch, and Romy Haag. The film depicts the sudden outbreak of a deadly disease in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} and the West German UsefulNotes/{{West German|y}} government's attempts to quarantine the city and stop its spread.
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''The Hamburg Syndrome'' (German: ''Die Hamburger Krankheit'') is a 1979 West German sci-fi film directed by Peter Fleischmann (''Film/HuntingScenesFromBavaria'') and starring Helmut Griem, Fernando Arrabal, Carline Seiser, Tilo Prückner, Ulrich Wildgruber, Rainer Laghans, Leopold Hainisch, and Romy Haag. The film depicts the sudden outbreak of a deadly disease in UsefulNotes/{{Hamburg}} and the West German government's attempts to quarantine the city and stop its spread.

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!! Contains examples of the following tropes:

* DecontaminationChamber: Ulrike is placed in decontamination tent, where she is forcibly vaccinated before eventually fleeing.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: It's a film about a disease outbreak in Hamburg.
* ThePlace: Set in Hamburg, hence the title.
* RecycledSoundtrack: The film's soundtrack consists entirely of tracks from Music/JeanMichelJarre's signature albums ''Music/{{Oxygene}}'' and ''Music/{{Equinoxe}}'' (but primarily the latter) along with existing jazz compositions by Erich Ferstl.
* TroubledFetalPosition: All of the titular disease's initial victims are found dead in this position.

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