Captain Bay-Bay
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Captain Bay-Bay |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1953 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Helmut Käutner |
| script |
Heinz Pauck Per Schwenzen Helmut Käutner freely based on motifs from the comedy of the same name by Iwa Wanja , Fritz Grasshoff and Norbert Schultze |
| production | Meteor-Film GmbH, Wiesbaden ( Heinrich Jonen ) |
| music | Norbert Schultze |
| camera | Friedl Behn-Grund |
| cut | Ilse Voigt |
| occupation | |
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Käpt'n Bay-Bay is a German feature film directed in 1952 by Helmut Käutner with Hans Albers in the lead role.
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Captain Christian Droste, whom everyone just calls Captain Bay-Bay, is a real killer. His true bride is the sea, his home port the adventure in the big, wide world. He has had to leave his flesh-and-blood love, faithful Hanna, just before the altar three times. Every time something unexpected came up. Now that he is making the fourth attempt to marry Hanna, he and his bride are standing in front of the locked church. Captain Bay-Bay wasted a week, the pastor won't come until next week. This is not a drama for the fur seal, he already knows this process. And so he goes to the next pub with the wedding party and explains why the first three attempts to sail with Hanna into the port of marriage failed.
Flashback: The first time a young girl got in his way who had smuggled herself onto his ship as a stowaway in order to get to Hamburg. Then a pair of crooks got in his way. The two had committed a jewel robbery and suspicion fell on him, Captain Bay-Bay, who was then sent to prison. His next stops were the Blacky Blue harbor pub, then the jungle and finally the wicked singer Goulou. After various adventures, they finally led him on the right track that led to the arrest of the gang of thieves. Bay-Bay's side was always his loyal friend Smutje, the ship's cook. Now that all obstacles have been removed, he can finally lead his Hanna in front of the altar on the fourth attempt.
Production notes
Käpt'n Bay-Bay was shot from October 6th to December 21st, 1952 at locations in Germany (Hamburg-Blankenese, Wiesbaden) and Italy (Ischia and Naples). The studio in Wiesbaden served as the film studio . The film premiered on January 29, 1953 in Frankfurt am Main. It was not until November 10, 1995 that the film was broadcast for the first time on television.
Wilhelm Sperber was in charge of production. The buildings designed by Fritz Maurischat were executed by Paul Markwitz . Alfred Bücken was responsible for the costumes. Hans Albers and Angèle Durand also appeared in the vocal parts, the lyrics to which Fritz Graßhoff provided . Horst Hächler assisted director Käutner, Dieter Wedekind chief cameraman Friedl Behn-Grund . Cinema veteran Conny Carstennsen was one of three production managers.
For director Käutner and his star Albers, Käpt'n Bay-Bay meant a return to the footsteps of Große Freiheit No. 7 , a legendary film that the two had shot under difficult war conditions nine years earlier (1943) in Prague and Hamburg. The attempt to repeat the success of that time, however, failed.
Reviews
“Helmuth Käutner (' Große Freiheit Nr. 7 ') shot 'based on motifs from the seamen's comedy of the same name' by Norbert Schultze (' Bombs on Engelland ') in Italy, Hamburg and Wiesbaden from elements of operetta, revue, parody, adventure story and sailor's -Snack a kind of German 'musical' about an established Kuddeldaddeldu (Hans Albers) who tried three times in vain to marry the same woman (Lotte Koch) and, as a kind of maritime late returnee, tells before the fourth time why he was always 'prevented' . Not much more remains of the model than the songs, some of which are spoken by the 60-year-old Hans Albers. "
"Long-winded musical comedy that combines set pieces from revue, adventure and love story."
Individual evidence
- ↑ Captain Bay-Bay. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
Web links
- Captain Bay-Bay in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Käpt'n Bay-Bay at filmportal.de