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.
Better navy than the kitchen!
Director : Hans-Joachim Hildebrandt
Starring : Jürgen Trott, Ingeborg Krabbe, Victor Deiß, Petra Dobbertin, Gerd Blahuschek … See more
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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Ralf Lindermann
Leutnant Klaus Schneider

Frank-Otto Schenk
Fregattenkapitän Stefan Winkler (as Frank Schenk)
Sybille Heyen
Sabine Winkler
Monika Boysen
Frau Winkler
Peter Cwielag
Oberleutnant Blankenburg
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