Kapitän Seekrank (1957)

Kapitän Seekrank: Directed by Charles Frend. With Alec Guinness, Harry Locke, Frederick Piper, Fred Griffiths. A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.

“Although most Americans have little knowledge of his work other than Star Wars, Alec Guinness produced an amazing body of work–particularly in the 1940s-1950s–ranging from dramas to quirky comedies. I particularly love his comedies, as they are so well-done and seem so natural and real on the screen–far different from the usual fare from Hollywood.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis very odd little movie is about a navy captain who comes from a long family line of sea captains. The problem is, he gets so deathly seasick that his career is spent ashore! Out of the blue, he becomes the owner of a seaside amusement pier and begins to envision it as his u0026quot;shipu0026quot;. He talks as if itu0026#39;s a boat and runs it with naval efficiency as well. See the film–itu0026#39;s funny and very absorbing!”