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The Captain is a film of genre Drama directed by Kurt Hoffmann with Heinz Rühmann

The Captain (1971)

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Genres Drama,    Comedy
Rating51% 2.5812652.5812652.5812652.5812652.581265

The Captain (German: Der Kapitän) is a 1971 German comedy film directed by Kurt Hoffmann and starring Heinz Rühmann, Johanna Matz and Horst Tappert. The captain of an old tramp steamer is offered the chance to take over a luxury cruise ship.

The film is based upon a novel by Richard Gordon. It is a remake of the British film The Captain's Table (1959).

Actors

Heinz Rühmann

(Kapitän Wilhelm Ebbs)Horst Janson

(2. Offizier Jörg Neher)Günter Pfitzmann

(Chefingenieur Oldenburg)Carl Lange

(Reeder Victor Anderson)Johanna Matz

(Dr. Claudia Lund)
And :
Horst Tappert
Monika Lundi
Ruedi Walter
Margrit Rainer
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