Drei Mann in einem Boot is a 1961 German

West Germany

West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

 comedy film

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 directed by Helmut Weiss and starring Walter Giller

Walter Giller

Walter Giller is a German actor.He has been married since 1956 to actress Nadja Tiller.On August 6, 2009, he was diagonosed with lung cancer. He underwent a major operation...

, Heinz Erhardt

Heinz Erhardt

Heinz Erhardt was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet.Heinz Erhardt was the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustl Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his grandparents in Riga, where his grandfather, Paul Nelder, owned a music house...

, Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff

Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987.- External links :* *...

 and Susanne Cramer

Susanne Cramer

-Selected filmography:* Winter in the Woods * Holiday Island * The Night of the Storm * Drei Mann in einem Boot * Bedtime Story -Television roles:* Hogan's Heroes* The Rat Patrol...

. It is very loosely based on the British novel Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat

Three Men in a Boat ,The Penguin edition punctuates the title differently: Three Men in a Boat: To Say Nothing of the Dog! published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K...

by Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome K. Jerome

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat.Jerome was born in Caldmore, Walsall, England, and was brought up in poverty in London...

. The location is changed from the Thames to the Rhine River, the story differs substantially and is set to happen in 1960. The only connection to the novel is the basic idea of three friends travelling downriver in a boat.

Cast

• Walter Giller
  Walter Giller
  Walter Giller is a German actor.He has been married since 1956 to actress Nadja Tiller.On August 6, 2009, he was diagonosed with lung cancer. He underwent a major operation...
  
   - Jerome Sommer
• Heinz Erhardt
  Heinz Erhardt
  Heinz Erhardt was a German comedian, musician, entertainer, actor, and poet.Heinz Erhardt was the son of Baltic German Kapellmeister Gustl Erhardt. He lived most of his childhood at his grandparents in Riga, where his grandfather, Paul Nelder, owned a music house...
  
   - Georg Nolte
• Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff
  Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff
  Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff, nickname Kuli was a German actor and TV host, remembered mainly as host of Einer wird gewinnen, a quiz show that ran from 1964 to 1987.- External links :* *...
  
   - Harry Berg
• Susanne Cramer
  Susanne Cramer
  -Selected filmography:* Winter in the Woods * Holiday Island * The Night of the Storm * Drei Mann in einem Boot * Bedtime Story -Television roles:* Hogan's Heroes* The Rat Patrol...
  
   - Betje Ackerboom
• Ina Duscha - Grit Nolte
• Loni Heuser
  Loni Heuser
  -Selected filmography:* Season in Salzburg * The Faithfull Hussar * Season in Salzburg * Geliebte Hochstaplerin * Drei Mann in einem Boot * The Phone Rings Every Night * Breakfast in Bed...
  
   - Carlotta
• Josef Sieber
  Josef Sieber
  -Selected filmography:* Joan of Arc * Kora Terry * The Heart of a Queen * Das Grosse Spiel * The Heath is Green * Ave Maria * Drei Mann in einem Boot -External links:...
  
  - Captain Ackerboom