Reise ins Ehebett
- Anna Prucnal: Eva
- Claus Jurich: Bosun
- Eva- Maria Hagen: Mary Lou
- Frank Schöbel: Moses
- Günther Simon: Captain
- Werner Lierck: Upper Meier
- Erich Gerberding: Sheriff
- Dieter Unruh: Lieutenant in the police
- Peter Bause: Schweiger
- Willi Neuenhahn: Double Nelson
- Maria Besendahl: toilet woman
- Horst Dau: Man in the stairwell
- Henry Lewicki: Little boy
- Hannes Vohrer: Strong sailor
- Sarah Wilsky: girl in bed
Journey to the marriage bed is a German musical film DEFA by Joachim Hasler from the year 1966. It was the first film in which the singer Frank Schöbel as an actor.
Action
The young bosun on a ship in the merchant navy is good at the work, it ensures to land crossings with women's stories, however, always asking for trouble, especially as the entire troupe follows his example. The police is a permanent guest at the captain and the innkeepers write already in the fights with the broken items to show the sailors before dropping the bill can.
That needs to change, decides the captain and engaged the young Polish journalist Eva, who seduce the boat man and intended to leave then rebuffed. In reality, however, the captain hopes that his boatswain by the more difficult conquest of the woman in love with her and eventually agrees to a marriage. To achieve this, Eva is to output as a friend of the captain. While the boat man reacts desired jealous, but shows up on the high seas, that a blind passenger is on board: The red-haired singer Mary Lou had spontaneously fallen to land in the boat man who had like every woman given her his apartment keys, and secretly go to the ship. She is discovered and in turn opens up Eva, what is actually planned. Eve, Mary Lou and the boatman to spend an unplanned night in threes in a ship's cabin, but opened the boatswain the captain and the top Meier the next morning that he did not want to marry from both women.
Things complicate itself. The boat boy Moses falls in love with Eva and the captain develops feelings for Mary Lou. Only when ashore in Leningrad Eve and the boatman come closer. Back at home, the police expected the vessel and shall specify the stowaway Mary Lou. The captain gets on the court from - the verdict is not yet clear - and confesses his love to her on a boat trip. Your scheduled performances as a singer will now be canceled.
The boatman in turn followed by Eva, who has just missed her bus home, and takes her to his apartment. When he carries her into the bedroom, there is already another friend of the boatswain in bed. The boatswain and Eve run out of the apartment and find that they have to find a new property.
Production
In the movie 1966, virtually the entire domestic film production of the year was banned in the GDR. The film journey into the marriage bed, which premiered on April 8, 1966 became so beside the sons of the Bear Spirit into one of the most successful film of the year in the GDR. Not least has been a cause of the initial film appearance by Frank Schöbel, which at that time already had his first success as a singer.
The film contains numerous hits, which were composed by Gerd Natschinski. The lyrics come from Jürgen Degenhardt. The titles were sung by Frank Schöbel, the Franke - Echo - quintet, Robby Lind, the hummingbirds and the Columbia Quartet. Among other things, were included:
- Baby you're o.k. ( Gerd Natschinski / Jürgen Degenhardt )
- Look better off ( Gerd Natschinski / Jürgen Degenhardt )
Criticism
The contemporary critics noted that the journey to the marriage bed only " slightly moving lake instead of [ place ]. And yet, as demonstrated by the eyes and ears glow in the cinema, this does not detract from the general joy. [ ... ] The filmmakers strove for a seamless combination of real action, musical numbers and dance scenes; how ever a choreographic scene management for long passages of the film is characteristic. Here the musical influences are unmistakable. "
Renate Holland-Moritz found that only Werner Lierck the film humorous moments abgewinne: " On the remaining footage of make do [ the authors ] with corny jokes and frivolities, all of which are so old-fashioned as petty bourgeois. "
The movie service called Journey to the marriage bed a " weak dramatic musical comedy with the East German crooner Frank Schöbel in his first film role."