When Klaus Voormann's girlfriend, Astrid Kirchherr, first hears his enthusiastic descriptions of what he has heard down in the St Pauli district, she is very surprised. She considers Klaus a "cool customer" and this passionate attitude is most uncharacteristic of him. After a day or two he convinces her to make the short trip down to the Kaiserkeller to hear this phenomenon for herself.
An apprentice photographer, Astrid, like Klaus, has an artist's sensibility. She describes a dark cellar decorated in a maritime theme, with disused fisherman's nets hanging from the ceiling and dirty tables. This place represents a new and exciting experience for her. Also like Klaus, she is immediately bowled over by the talent and charisma she sees blasting from the stage with the additional high octane jolt of sexual attraction.. The biggest shock comes when Stuart Sutcliffe turns around to face the audience and Astrid falls in love at first sight. When she's sees the young man with delicate features and wearing black leather, brandishing a big bass guitar, she knows instinctively that this is everything that she has been looking for.
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| Stuart Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr |
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