Kapitäne (2017)
This documentary film portrays five captains. It shows their everyday life on board, and how they fulfill their duties and make decisions. But it goes far beyond: Viewers get to know the captains as people with values, as human beings that also deal with topics such as family and home. The captains' stories tell a lot more than about life at sea. The narrative style is documentary in the classical sense: It is only the captains who speak, there is no voiceover. Their own words and the pictures let viewers gain a very close insight into the captains' lives. Hamburg, the German port known as "gate to the world", creates the cinematic parenthesis of this documentary. All captains portrayed have a close relation to Hamburg - they live or work there or come to Hamburg with their ships every now and then.
Director: Frank Stolp
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Patrick Ehnert as Self |
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Iko Eiben as Self |
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Günther Rieck as Self |
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Rainer Stange as Self |
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Ulf Wolter as Self |
| Sound | Nadja Rüdebusch | Music |
| Sound | Stefan Walter | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Enrico Wachtel | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Lennart Stolp | Co-Director |
| Sound | Eike Swoboda | Music |
| Sound | Stephan Konken | Sound Designer |
| Camera | Lennart Stolp | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Frank Stolp | Director |