What if the German Navy sent its biggest disasters to test equipment in Bavarian beer country?
Admiral Dagobert von Kattnig develops a rescue system for the German Navy. The mountain troops are to test the device in Upper Bavaria and Dagobert sends his son and his staff boatman there. Instead of testing the device, however, the two marvel at the cozy country life. When an inspection is due, the mountain troops are fortunately mistaken and escape the initial chaos. But when they all meet up, chaos is inevitable.
Acting
Ilja Richter's manic momma's boy energy carries every scene
Production
Glorious Bavarian locations make chaos look gorgeous
Director
Rolf Olsen
Ilja Richter
Momme Schulz
Eddi Arent
Adam Kahlfuß
Hans Terofal
Ignaz Hund
Gunther Philipp
Oberfeldwedel Hinterbichler
Mascha Gonska
Beatrice
Roger Fritz
Heinz von Kattnig
Christiane Rücker
Putzi
Ruth Stephan
Schwester von Oberst Laschberger
Hansi Kraus
Gebirgsjäger
Rudolf Schündler
Konteradmiral
Heinz Eckner
Wigbert Kraft
Marion Forster
Susi
Alexander Grill
Hairdresser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rolf Olsen directed over 30 films in West Germany, specializing in exactly this kind of commercially safe, politically toothless farce that dominated 1970s German cinema.
Ilja Richter was Germany's premier chaotic youth energy—think a Teutonic Robin Williams—making him the perfect casting for a film about institutional rebellion through sheer incompetence.
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