''The Captain'' (german: Der Kapitän) is a 1971 West German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring

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and

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.Bock & Bergfelder p.207 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 ''The Captain's Table'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Jack Lee based upon a novel by Richard Gordon. It stars John Gregson, Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins and Nadia Gray, and featured Maurice Denham, Joan Sims, John Le Mesurier, Ri ...

'' by Richard Gordon. It is a remake of the British film ''

'' (1959). The film's sets were designed by the

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s Isabella Schlichting and Werner Schlichting. It was made at the

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in Munich and on location in Kiel.

Cast

as Wilhelm Ebbs *

as Claudia Lund *

as Konsul Carstens * Ernst Stankovski as Meier-Pollex * Horst Janson as Jörg Neher *

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as Anette Breitenbach *

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as Prittel * Joseph Offenbach as Otto Krümel *

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as Oldenburg *

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as Ilona Porter-Almassy *

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as Friedrich Haas *

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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.

External links

* 1971 films West German films 1971 comedy films 1970s German-language films Films directed by Kurt Hoffmann German comedy films Seafaring films Films based on British novels Remakes of British films Constantin Film films Films shot at Bavaria Studios 1970s German films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub