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Käpt'n Bay-Bay
''Captain Bay-Bay'' () is a 1953 West German musical comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and starring Hans Albers, Bum Krüger and Lotte Koch. It is in the style of an operetta film. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location in Hamburg as well as Ischia and Naples in Italy. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat. Synopsis On his wedding day a sea captain recounts his various adventures to his guests. Cast *Hans Albers as Käpt'n Bay-Bay *Bum Krüger as Smutje *Lotte Koch as Hanna * Renate Mannhardt as Manuela * Angèle Durand as Goulou *Anneliese Kaplan as Antje *Rudolf Fernau as Dr. Mendez *Ernst Fritz Fürbringer as Prefect * Fritz Rémond Jr. as Blacky Blue *Robert Meyn as customs commander *Carsta Löck as Küster's wife *Erna Sellmer as Tante Emma *Maria Martinsen as Schwarze Witwe *Rudolf Schündler Rudolf Ernst Paul Schündler (17 April 1906, in Leipzig – 12 December 1988, in Munich) was a German actor a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helmut Käutner
Helmut Käutner (25 March 1908 – 20 April 1980) was a German film director active mainly in the 1940s and 1950s. He entered the film industry at the end of the Weimar Republic and released his first films as a director in Nazi Germany. Käutner is relatively unknown outside of Germany, although he is considered one of the best filmmakers in German film history. He was one of the most influential film directors of German post-war cinema and became known for his sophisticated literary adaptations. Biography He was born in Düsseldorf, German Empire, Germany. Käutner started out as a director in the Nazi era, but his films remained largely free of National Socialist propaganda. One of his early successes was ''Romanze in Moll'' (1943), an adaptation of Guy du Maupassant's short story "Les Bijoux". Other remarkable films were and ''Under the Bridges''. His 1956 film ''The Captain from Köpenick (1956 film), Der Hauptmann von Köpenick'' was nominated for the Academy Award for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesbaden Studios
Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden forms a conurbation with a population of around 500,000 with the neighbouring city of Mainz. This conurbation is in turn embedded in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region—Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr—which also includes the nearby cities of Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau, and has a combined population exceeding 5.8 million. The city is located on the Rhine (Upper Rhine), at the foothills of the Taunus, opposite the Rhineland-Palatine capital of Mainz, and the city centre is located in the wide valley of the small Salzbach stream. Wiesbaden lies in the Rheingau wine-growing region, one of Germany's 13 wine regions. Three of Wiesbaden's boroughs were part of the city of Mainz until 1945, and still bear the designation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer (27 July 1900 – 30 October 1988) was a German film actor. He appeared in 130 films between 1933 and 1983. He was born in Brunswick, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Die große und die kleine Welt'' (1936) * '' Street Music'' (1936) - Geschäftsführer im Café 'Dorado' * '' Dinner Is Served'' (1936) - Charles * ''Du bist mein Glück'' (1936) * '' Truxa'' (1937) - Garvin * ''Ein Volksfeind'' (1937) - Ministerialrat * '' The Stars Shine'' (1938) - Hans Holger * ''Dreizehn Mann und eine Kanone'' (1938) * '' Water for Canitoga'' (1939) - Sheriff von Canitoga * ''Fasching'' (1939) - Direktor Peter Wendland * ''Der singende Tor'' (1939) - Defense lawyer * ' (1939) - Lorenzo Perelli * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940) - Prince von Metternich * '' The Girl from Barnhelm'' (1940) - Von Schornow * ''Carl Peters'' (1941) - Count Wehr-Bandelin * '' Venus on Trial'' (1941) - Paul Dreysing, Zeichner * ''Kameraden'' (1941) - Count Saint Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Fernau
Rudolf Fernau (7 January 1898 – 4 November 1985) was a German actor who appeared in 53 films between 1936 and 1982. Biography Fernau was born and died in Munich, Germany. A Nazi Party member, he was sentenced to nine months in prison and a lifelong ban from working by a denazification tribunal after the World War II, but his sentence was reduced to a small fine on appeal.Günther Rühle: ''Theater in Deutschland 1946–1966. Seine Ereignisse – seine Menschen''. S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt 2014 Selected filmography * '' The Traitor'' (1936) - Fritz Brockau * '' In the Name of the People'' (1939) - Alfred Hübner * ''The Curtain Falls'' (1939) - Rodegger * ' (1939) - Pedro de Alvarado * ''Der Weg zu Isabel'' (1940) - Vicomte Victor * '' Counterfeiters'' (1940) - Gaston de Frossard, Kopf der Fälscherbande * '' Goodbye, Franziska'' (1941) - Dr. Christoph Leitner * ''Kameraden'' (1941) - Graf Kerski * ''Giungla'' (1942) - Il dottor Jack Bennett * ''Vom Schicksal verweht ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anneliese Kaplan
Anneliese Kaplan (12 May 1933 – 11 August 2020) was a German actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ....Jacobsen & Prinzler p. 283 She was married to the composer Martin Böttcher. Selected filmography * '' The Last Waltz'' (1953) * '' Captain Bay-Bay'' (1953) * '' Sun Over the Adriatic'' (1954) * '' A Girl from Paris'' (1954) * '' The Fisherman from Heiligensee'' (1955) * '' The Abduction of the Sabine Women'' (1956) References Bibliography * Wolfgang Jacobsen & Hans Helmut Prinzler. ''Käutner''. Spiess, 1992. External links * 1933 births 2020 deaths German film actresses Actresses from Hamburg {{Germany-film-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angèle Durand
Angèle Caroline Liliane Josette Marie-José DeGeest (Antwerp 23 October 1925 – Augsburg 22 December 2001) was a Belgian singer and actress. Durand was a popular singer in Germany during the early 1950s.Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001 Harris M. Lentz III – 2002 078641278X She was 76. She was born Angele Caroline De Geest in Antwerpen, Belgium, on October 23, 1925. Durand was a popular singer from the late 1940s and performed with Duke Ellington's band in Brussels in 1950. She subsequently appeared in a handful of films in Germany including Kapt'n Bay-Bay (1952), De Lachende Vagabund (1958), Five Sinners (1960), O Sole Mio (1960), Das Ratsel der Grunen Spinne (1960) and The Playgirls and the Bellboy (1962). Filmography *''Captain Bay-Bay'' (1953) by Helmut Käutner *'' Dancing in the Sun'' (1954) by Géza von Cziffra *'' A Girl from Paris'' (1954) *'' The Mistress of Solderhof'' (1955) *' (1958) *' (''Five Sinners'', 1959) * ''Hula-Hopp, Conny'' (1959) * '' The Scarle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Captain
A sea captain, ship's captain, captain, master, or shipmaster, is a high-grade licensed mariner who holds ultimate command and responsibility of a merchant vessel. The captain is responsible for the safe and efficient operation of the ship, including its seaworthiness, safety and security, cargo operations, navigation, crew management, and legal compliance, and for the persons and cargo on board. Duties and functions The captain ensures that the ship complies with local and international laws and complies also with company and flag state policies. The captain is ultimately responsible, under the law, for aspects of operation such as the safe navigation of the ship, its cleanliness and seaworthiness, safe handling of all cargo, management of all personnel, inventory of ship's cash and stores, and maintaining the ship's certificates and documentation. One of a shipmaster's particularly important duties is to ensure compliance with the vessel's security plan, as required by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Maurischat
Fritz Maurischat (April 27, 1893 in Berlin – December 11, 1986) was a German production designer. He made his film debut in 1924. Over the next 38 years, he worked on over 70 films, all of them in his native Germany. He earned an Oscar nomination in 1953 for his work on the film ''Martin Luther'', an American film about Martin Luther made in Germany. He is also noted as the Art Director for the 1943 Nazi propaganda film ''Titanic''. Selected filmography * ''Taxi at Midnight'' (1929) * ''The Ship of Lost Souls ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The ...'' (1929) * '' Salto Mortale'' (1931) * '' The Night Without Pause'' (1931) * '' The Rebel'' (1932) * ''Spell of the Looking Glass'' (1932) * ''The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel (1933 film), The Page from the Dalmasse Hotel'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Markwitz
Paul Markwitz (16 July 1908 – 19 March 1968)Kay Weniger: Das große Personenlexikon des Films Volume 5, Berlin 2001, , pg. 281f was a German production designer, art director and set decorator. He worked on over 50 films between 1935 and 1967. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film ''Martin Luther''. Selected filmography * '' Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden'' (1935) * ''Thunder, Lightning and Sunshine'' (1936) * '' Meine Frau, die Perle'' (1936) * ''Sergeant Berry'' (1938) * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) * '' Encounter with Werther'' (1949) * '' Wedding Night In Paradise'' (1950) * '' When a Woman Loves'' (1950) * ''Martin Luther'' (1953) * '' Spring Song'' (1954) * '' Three from Variety'' (1954) * ''Confession Under Four Eyes'' (1954) * ''The Gypsy Baron'' (1954) * '' The Inn on the Lahn'' (1955) * '' I Know What I'm Living For'' (1955) * '' Black Forest Melody'' (1956) * '' Spy for Germany'' (1956) * '' Precocious Youth'' (1957) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style(s) to use, and when to use motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the collective imagination while resolving conflicting agendas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples ( ; ; ) is the Regions of Italy, regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 908,082 within the city's administrative limits as of 2025, while its Metropolitan City of Naples, province-level municipality is the third most populous Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 2,958,410 residents, and the List of urban areas in the European Union, eighth most populous in the European Union. Naples metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately . Naples also plays a key role in international diplomacy, since it is home to NATO's Allied Joint Force Command Naples and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean. Founded by Greeks in the 1st millennium BC, first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope () was e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
