The Valiant Navigator or The Brave Seafarer (German: Der mutige Seefahrer) is a 1935 German comedy film directed by Hans Deppe and starring Paul Kemp, Lucie Englisch and Maria Krahn.Waldman p.101 It was based on a play by Georg Kaiser. The 1940 American film The Ghost Comes Home is an adaptation of the 1935 German film.
Synopsis A young man plans to emigrate to the United States with his fiancée but becomes extremely fearful about the ocean crossing due to a local superstition. Eventually he decides to stay at home and marry his girl.
Cast Paul Kemp as Berthold Jebs Lucie Englisch as Grete Holm Maria Krahn as Paula Jebs Harald Paulsen as Otto Jebs Otto Wernicke as Bäckermeister Holm Carsta Löck as Tine Peterson Harry Frank as Joe Jefferson Paul Westermeier as Timm, ein Landstreicher Hans Mierendorff as Jan, ein Matrose Paul Beckers Elli Blank Rudolf Essek Karl Harbacher Oskar Höcker Werner Pledath Arthur Reppert Ernst Rückert Otto Sauter-Sarto Willi Schaeffers Hans Hermann Schaufuß Toni Tetzlaff Petra Unkel
References
Bibliography Waldman, Harry. Nazi Films in America, 1933-1942. McFarland, 2008.
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