Hamburg (film)

Hamburg (Spanish: Hamburgo)^[1] is a 2025 thriller drama film directed by Lino Escalera [ca]. A Spanish-Romanian co-production, it stars Jaime Lorente alongside Ioana Bugarin and Roger Casamajor. It premiered at the 28th Málaga Film Festival on 21 March 2025 ahead of its 30 May 2025 theatrical release in Spain by Filmax.

Hamburg
Theatrical release poster
Spanish	Hamburgo
Directed by	Lino Escalera
Written by	Daniel Remón Roberto Martín Maiztegui Lino Escalera
Produced by	Antonio Asensio Paloma Molina José Nolla Cristina Zumárraga Pablo E. Bossi José Alba
Starring	Jaime Lorente Roger Casamajor Ioana Bugarin Antonio Buil Asia Ortega Mona Martínez
Cinematography	Juana Jiménez
Edited by	Miguel Doblado
Music by	Marius Leftãrache
Production companies	Zeta Cinema Iconica Producciones Tandem Films Hamburgo la película AIE Pecado Films Lolita Producciones Cinelabs
Distributed by	Filmax
Release dates	21 March 2025 (2025-03-21) (Málaga) 30 May 2025 (2025-05-30) (Spain)
Countries	Spain Romania
Language	Spanish

Plot

Set on the Costa del Sol, the plot follows a driver, Germán, who wants to leave behind the criminal environment pertaining the prostitution business.^[2]

Cast

• Jaime Lorente as Germán^[3]
• Roger Casamajor as Cacho^[3]
• Ioana Bugarin as Alina^[3]
• Tamara Casellas^[4]
• Asia Ortega^[4]
• Manolo Caro^[4]
• Mona Martínez^[4]
• Antonio Buil^[4]

Production

The film is a Spanish-Romanian co-production by Zeta Cinema, Icónica Producciones, Tandem Films alongside Pecado Films and Cinelabs, with the participation of Netflix and Canal Sur.^[5][6] Shooting locations included Torremolinos, Rincón, and Málaga.^[5][7]

Release

Hamburg premiered at the 28th Málaga Film Festival in March 2025.^[8][2] It is scheduled to be released theatrically in Spain on 30 May 2025 by Filmax

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País considered that while the "film invents nothing from an artistic standpoint", its vision "is as bitter socially as it is stimulating cinematically".^[9]

Carmen L. Lobo of La Razón rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, singling out "its cast, led by a very remarkable and solid Lorente and Casamajor" as the best thing about the film.^[10]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2025