“Better navy than the kitchen!”
Hannes Peters is delighted that he can escape his unloved job as a chef and join the navy. He is overjoyed to be assigned as a hydroacoustician. But then the cook falls ill and Hannes is transferred to the galley. He resists, serves inedible dumplings and oversalted coffee, but it doesn't help! For a while, he has to do his duty as a smutje and finally realizes that everyone in the navy is in the same boat.
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Cast
30 people
Jürgen Trott
Hannes
Known for
Toyland
Ingeborg Krabbe
Mutter Peters
Also in
Fridolin
Bereitschaft Dr. Federau
Wolfgang Ebeling
Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt
Victor Deiß
Hans-Dieter Peters
Also in
Zahn um Zahn
Das große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck
Petra Dobbertin
Katrin Peters
Also in
Platz oder Sieg?
Maxe Baumann
Hans-Jürgen Lehmann
Gerd Blahuschek
Kapitänleutnant Uwe Hansen
Also in
Fridolin
Ernst Schneller
Just Wagner
Ralf Lindermann
Leutnant Klaus Schneider
Also in
Unser Charly
Hallo, Onkel Doc!
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
Erwin Kopelke
Known for
Toyland
Frank-Otto Schenk
Fregattenkapitän Stefan Winkler (as Frank Schenk)
Also in
Rottenknechte
The Legend of Paul and Paula
Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt Director · Günter Eisinger Cinematographer
First release December 29, 1988 · Produced in Germany, XG · Production Fernsehen der DDR, DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
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Fernsehen der DDR
Production
DEFA
Production
Germany · XG
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Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 29, 1988
TV
No release date listed for United States.
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