Water Has No Bars (1921)

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Movie
German title Water has no bars
also : The boat
Original title The Boat
Buster Keaton Sybil Seely The Boat screenshot 1 christening.jpg
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1921
length 26 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Buster Keaton ,
Edward F. Cline
script Buster Keaton,
Edward F. Cline
production Joseph Schenck
camera Elgin Lessley
occupation

Water Has No Bars (original title The Boat ) is an American slapstick film from 1921. The film is based on the script by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline , who also directed. The film has the German title Wasser hat keine Balken , alternative title Das Boot . The title Wasser hat keine Balken is used as an alternative to other German titles for the Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr. used.

action

Buster built his own ship in the garage. He baptized it with the name "Damfino" ("White Niece"). The problems start when it turns out that the ship does not fit through the garage door. The ship goes down when it is launched. This is by no means the last mishap. For the ship, the family loses their house and their car. But at some point the family can actually go out to sea with the ship - not without further problems, of course.

The family gets caught in a storm with their boat at night. Buster transmits SOS When the coast guard asked who made the emergency call, Buster replied: “White niece”. The coast guard understands “don't know”, answers “neither do I” and then hangs up. (Note: The original version is about the play on words Damfino / "damn if I know"). The family gets into the lifeboat. The lifeboat also sank. Fortunately, it turns out that it is not far to the safe shore. Buster's wife asks: "Where are we?" Buster replies: "White niece".

background

The film architect was Fred Gabourie .

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