''Captain Bay-Bay'' () is a 1953 West German

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directed by

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. Käu ...

and starring Hans Albers, Bum Krüger and

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. It is in the style of an operetta film. It was shot at the Wiesbaden Studios and on location in

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as well as

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and

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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s Paul Markwitz and Fritz Maurischat.

Synopsis

On his wedding day a

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recounts his various adventures to his guests.

Cast

* Hans Albers as Käpt'n Bay-Bay * Bum Krüger as Smutje *

as Hanna * Renate Mannhardt as Manuela * Angèle Durand as Goulou *

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 med ...

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 as Wüllmann *Willi Grill as Puvogel *Fritz Benscher as broadcast reporter *Francois Benga as Dr. Samuel

References

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* 1953 musical comedy films German adventure comedy films German musical comedy films West German films 1950s adventure comedy films Operetta films Seafaring films Films directed by Helmut Käutner German films based on plays German black-and-white films 1950s German films Films shot in Hamburg Films shot in Naples Films scored by Norbert Schultze {{Musical-comedy-film-stub