Car salesman Mark sails down the Rhine to Amsterdam in an old barge with his friend Ulli and a girl named Elke. During his shore leave, Mark repeatedly encounters the pretty tour guide Petra, who is traveling to the same destination with a busload of tourists. The two fall in love.
Acting
Roy Black's absurdly sincere car salesman energy.
Production
Genuine Rhine River locations save the budget.
Director
Werner Jacobs
Roy Black
Mark Tanner
Barbara Nielsen
Petra Hauser
Jutta Speidel
Elke Steubels
Agnes Windeck
Henriette Kopisch
Willy Millowitsch
Jupp König
Eddi Arent
Eugen Quandt
Edith Hancke
Eleonore Strunz
Ralf Wolter
Erwin
Rut Rex
Hilde
Anita Hegerland
Anita
Horst Naumann
Mark's Chief
Catharina Conti
Lona
Sky du Mont
Man from Travel Agency
Stefan Behrens
Rob
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roy Black was West Germany's biggest pop star when he made this, essentially playing himself as a dreamy everyman.
This is pure 'Heimatfilm' comfort cinema—post-war Germans loved watching pretty people find love in picturesque landscapes while ignoring real problems.
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