The Captain () is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Johanna Matz and Horst Tappert. The captain of an old tramp steamer is offered the chance to take over a luxury cruise ship.
The film is based upon the 1954 novel The Captain's Table by Richard Gordon. It is a remake of the British film The Captain's Table (1959). The film's sets were designed by the art directors Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting. It was made at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location in Kiel.
Cast
Heinz Rühmann as Wilhelm Ebbs
Johanna Matz as Claudia Lund
Horst Tappert as Konsul Carstens
Ernst Stankovski as Meier-Pollex
Horst Janson as Jörg Neher
Monika Lundi as Anette Breitenbach
Hans Korte as Prittel
Joseph Offenbach as Otto Krümel
Günter Pfitzmann as Oldenburg
Teri Tordai as Ilona Porter-Almassy
Ruedi Walter as Friedrich Haas
Margrit Rainer as Frau Haas
Carl Lange as Victor Anderson
Jane Hempel as Evelyn Moll
References
Bibliography
Bock, Hans-Michael & Bergfelder, Tim. The Concise CineGraph. Encyclopedia of German Cinema. Berghahn Books, 2009.