The Valiant Navigator

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The Valiant Navigator
The Valiant Navigator.jpg
Directed by Hans Deppe
Written by George Hurdalek
Georg Kaiser (play)
Bobby E. Lüthge
Starring Paul Kemp
Lucie Englisch
Maria Krahn
Cinematography Günther Anders
Music by Harald Böhmelt
Production
companies
Tobis Film
Minerva Film
Distributed byTobis Film
Release date
  • 27 September 1935 (1935-09-27)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryGermany
Language German

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. [1] It was based on a play by Georg Kaiser. The 1940 American film The Ghost Comes Home is an adaption of the 1935 German film.

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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.

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References

  1. Waldman p.101

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