The last three of the albatross

Movie
Original title	The last three of the albatross
Country of production	Germany ; Italy ; France
original language	German
Publishing year	1965
length	80 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Wolfgang Becker
script	Werner P. Zibaso
production	Wolf C. Hartwig for Rapid-Film, Munich ; Metheus-Film, Rome ; Societé Nouvelle, Paris
music	Francesco de Masi
camera	Rolf Kästel
cut	Herbert Taschner
occupation
	Joachim Hansen : Lieutenant Uwe Carstens; Harald Juhnke : Kuddel Homann, Maat; Horst Niendorf : Walter Pitters, Maat; Horst Frank : Sven Brodersen; Gisella Arden : Lt. Danny Wilkinson, news worker; Eva Montez : Mona; Alfredo Varelli : Namu, the medicine man; Jacques Bézard : Chick; Philippe Guégan : Kaminsky; Wolf C. Hartwig: Krüger, lieutenant captain of the "Albatros"; Robert Le Ray : US officer on the "Albatros";

The Last Three of the Albatros is a German-Italian-French adventure film from 1965 by Wolfgang Becker, set towards the end of the Second World War .

action

South Pacific , spring 1945. Immediately before the end of the war, three men attacked a US military base, killing a GI and demanding that the news officer Lt. Wilkinson's code book. With presence of mind, she locks it in the safe. Since she allegedly does not know the number of the combination, the men kidnap the young woman and shoot the radio equipment. The leader leaves a German military cap to cast suspicion on the German auxiliary cruiser Albatros, which has long been allied ships in the Pacific . Lt. Wilkinson is dragged onto a small boat, the "Stiggins," and the gangsters on board explain to her that they will demand a ransom of $ 100,000 from her agency for her release. On the American side, people then pretend to be preparing to hand over the money. In truth, however, they want to trick the kidnappers with worthless snippets of paper and arrest them when the money is handed over.

Meanwhile, disguised as a merchant ship, the auxiliary cruiser "Albatros" operates in the same waters. In order to bring new provisions and fresh drinking water on board, the ship heads for one of the ports in the area. Maat Pitters is caught in a police raid on land because of the kidnapping of Lt. Wilkinson is carried out. He learns from a local that an ominous pirate ship called "Stiggins" is supposed to make the waters of the area unsafe. Back on board the "Albatros", the news in the newspaper that these "Stiggins" were a hoard of German criminals made Kaleu Krüger uncomfortable. Krüger wants to put an end to this spook himself. Soon the “Albatros” has spotted the pirate ship and tries to intercept it the next morning. But suddenly the ship disappeared. During the loading of provisions from the island that was called onto the "Albatros", the auxiliary cruiser was discovered by a US destroyer and therefore quickly cast off. Back on the lonely South Sea island, three crew members remain, the seamen Uwe Carstens, Kuddel Homann and Walter Pitters.

The Germans are not quite as alone as they think they are in this supposed paradise. A certain Sven Brodersen resides on the island, who says he should run a small trading post here. The following night, the three Germans take part in a South Sea festival with dancing and singing, including beautiful islanders. While Pitters and Homann enjoy the seclusion, Carstens shows himself to be a militarily sharp, German officer who absolutely wants to maintain discipline and order among his men. The islanders, the Kanak people , are afraid of some strangers they call "Tiepolos" and who are up to mischief here. Without a doubt, these are the pirates and kidnappers of the American woman. It quickly turns out that Brodersen is the head of the gang. Surrounded by the beautiful local Mona, the robust Lieutenant Carstens soon begins to gradually thaw and enjoy the beautiful side of being exposed.

As the population developed more and more fear of the "Tiepolos", Carstens got too colorful. With his two comrades he sets off for the interior of the island to get to the bottom of the strange occurrences. They find a strangled island girl. It had to die because she wanted to warn the Germans about the "Tiepolos". It is Lea-Lea that Pitters fell in love with. With the help of the villainous medicine man Namu, Brodersen succeeds in turning the locals against the three Germans. You then get into their hands and are tied up. Their fate seems sealed when pearls are found on them, which Brodersen has secretly slipped into Carstens. But Mona frees the men. Pitters rushes to Brodersen to settle accounts with him for the murder of Lea-Lea. There is a duel in which Pitters snatches the revolver from the leader of the gang. One shot injured Brodersen only slightly. He can knock down Pitters and escape to his people. Now the Germans, together with the locals, want to put the villains in the so-called "taboo zone" on the other side of the island and take away the stolen pearl treasure from them.

As Carstens and his people approach the Brodersen gang's hiding place, the gangsters begin to fall apart. Brodersen, who wants to cheat his subordinates, is knocked down and the key to a small treasure chest with an explosive device is taken from him, in which the gang falsely suspects pearls. When he and the Pitters, who had been captured due to carelessness, are hung upside down, an armada of islanders armed with bows and arrows strikes, and a life and death fight ensues with the gang. Brodersen has grabbed Danny Wilkinson and tries to escape with her on his pirate boat. There a knife thrown by one of the natives hits him and kills him. Pitters secures the pearls and throws them back to the islanders. Carstens in turn frees Lt. Wilkinson. When the “Albatros” suddenly approaches, Pitters, Carstens and Homann have to realize that it has obviously come into American hands, as it is now sailing under the stars and stripes. A US officer has taken command on board. Everyone is now happy that the war is over for them. There is a tearful farewell between Mona and Carstens, who promises her to take her home one day.

Production notes

The film produced by Wolf C. Hartwig's Rapid film in the Indian Ocean and the adjacent mainland ( Philippines ) was premiered on October 8, 1965. In the co-producing countries of Italy and France, The Last Three of the Albatros was launched in 1966 and 1967 respectively.

The production line had Ludwig Spitaler , Eberhard Schröder worked as an assistant director to Becker. Klaus Werner and the camera work reported to chief cameraman Rolf Kästel . The strip, which was played mostly outdoors, managed almost without any studio buildings.