The captain (film)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | The captain |
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| Country of production | BR Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1971 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
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| Director | Kurt Hoffmann |
| script | Franz Seitz |
| production |
Franz Seitz Terra Film |
| music | James Last |
| camera | Ernst Wild |
| cut | Ingrid Bichler |
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The Captain is a German feature film from 1971 based on the novel Käpt'n Ebbs, Seebär und Salonlöwe (original title: The Captain's Table ) by Richard Gordon from 1955. The novel was in Great Britain under this title in 1959 with John Gregson in the main role has been filmed.
action
Captain Ebbs is an elderly, experienced seaman who has only sailed on freighters . While his current old boat, the Martin Luther , has to be overhauled at the shipyard, the shipping company gives him the command of the elegant cruise ship Julia to temporarily replace a sick colleague. The rough Ebbs finds his way into his new job with difficulty and initially steps from one social faux pas to another. In addition, the shipping company shareholder Konsul Carstens is also on board to check out Ebbs. Even if his nautical ship management is excellent and remains unchallenged, Ebbs is under tremendous pressure on an interpersonal level. There were numerous, sometimes precarious, sometimes amusing situations with difficult passengers, but also with unruly crew members, some of whom grudged him in command. His skills and his principles are put to the test: He has to withstand a loving beauty that is after him, weather the constant provocations of Consul Carstens and bring his arrogant chief officer under control. Even the strict alcohol ban that he has imposed on the crew is undermined by his affable chief engineer, whereby the captain himself does not remain uninvolved. In addition to the 2nd officer and the passenger Claudia Lund, only his steward stands by him without restriction; they can defuse one or the other situation. But over time, captain Ebbs mastered his task and even withstood a plot that the purser tried to impose on him with the help of forged accounts.
Production notes
The film was shot from August 2 to September 9, 1971. The Bavaria Atelier in Munich-Geiselgasteig served as the studio . The exterior shots were taken in Kiel and in the Mediterranean on the ship Mermoz . The world premiere took place on October 28, 1971 in several cities.
Reviews
- Lexicon of the international film : "The good team of actors sells itself in this lavish, horrendously silly slapstick well below price."
- Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in the lexicon “Films on TV”: “Rühmann as the captain of an early“ dream ship ”with all the problems of the century in the genre; unimaginative. "(Rating: 1½ of 4 possible stars = moderate)
- Heyne Filmlexikon (1996): "Any salvation comes too late for the film, which sinks into a sea of stupid level-less gags."
Awards
- The film was awarded a Golden Screen in 1973 due to its box office success . It had about 3 million viewers.
- At the 1973 Cartagena International Film Festival, the film received a Silver Lighthouse.
literature
- Richard Gordon : Captain Ebbs, fur seal and saloon lion. Roman (Original title: The Captain's Table ). 121 - 132 thousand. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1987, 133 pages, ISBN 3-499-12040-2
Web links
- The captain in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The captain at filmportal.de
- The captain at Seitz film production
Individual evidence
- ^ CineGraph - Lexicon for German-language film - Kurt Hoffmann
- ^ Adolf Heinzlmeier, Berndt Schulz: Lexicon "Films on Television" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , pp. 436-437
- ↑ http://www.insidekino.com/Djahr/DAlltimeDeutsch50.htm