When bureaucratic winds blow hardest, love sets the sails.
The water sports fans of a cooperative on the coast finally want to acquire a seaworthy sailing ship. But at the board they encounter deaf ears. Only the chief accountant Irma shows interest in sailing and especially the leisure captain named Ali. Then a minister surprisingly his visit. Irma devises a plan to support the sailors. In order to vote the Minister benevolently, flights, a company sports community should be launched. The founding of a sailing section would be just right. But unfortunately, the Chairman Scheffel continues to be cross. He even wants to use the storage space of the sailors. Only when the minister finds pleasure in the spontaneously organised sailing trip for him, movement comes into the affair.
Acting
Günter Schubert's laid-back leisure captain energy.
Production
Authentic Baltic Sea cooperative atmosphere.
Director
Norbert Büchner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
DEFA comedies often used leisure pursuits to critique workplace hierarchies without triggering censorship. Sailing = freedom, barely disguised.
Renate von Wangenheim came from an acting dynasty; her father played Gestapo officers, she played cooperative accountants. Family range.
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