Bon Voyage (1954 film)

Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
Directed by	Thomas Engel
Written by	Max Bertuch [de] (libretto); Paul Helwig; Kurt Schwabach [de] (libretto); Herbert Witt;
Starring	Paul Hubschmid; Inge Egger; Paul Klinger;
Cinematography	Hans Schneeberger
Edited by	Carl Otto Bartning
Music by	Hans Carste; Eduard Künneke (operetta);
Production; company	Capitol Film
Distributed by	Prisma Film
Release date	21 December 1954;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	West Germany
Language	German

Bon Voyage (German: Glückliche Reise) is a 1954 West German musical comedy film directed by Thomas Engel and starring Paul Hubschmid, Inge Egger and Paul Klinger.^[1]

The film's sets were designed by the art directors Emil Hasler and Walter Kutz. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg and the Balearic Islands.

Plot[edit]

Robert Langen and Lutz Steffens are two scientists stationed on the desert island of Formitosa in the South Seas. Getting bored and a little homesick, they want to exchange letters with young women from their homeland and put a classified ad in a Hamburg newspaper. It does not take long before the two receive the first letters. Lutz gets mail from a Monika Brinkmann, while Robert's correspondent is called Eva Gordon. They are unaware that Eva Gordon does not know anything about her letter which was actually written by Monika on a whim.

When the two young scientists are recalled to their institute in Hamburg for a short time, they immediately pay a visit to the travel agency where Monika works. Robert is very pleasantly surprised when seeing Monika, who happens to be a part-time photo model. In contrast, Lutz is irritated by Eva's reaction when he finally meets her. It turns out that Dr. Eva Gordon is engaged to her boss, the somewhat distracted mathematics professor van Mühlen, and the wedding is supposed to be the next day. Outraged, Eva goes to the police to report the misuse of her name and photo. Monika has no choice but to admit the fraud and apologize to Eva. In the meantime, Eva has taken a liking to the cheeky young man. After some small confusions, two couples in love travel to Formitosa.^[2]

Cast[edit]

Paul Hubschmid as Robert Langen
Inge Egger as Eva Gordon
Paul Klinger as Mr. van Mühlen
Peer Schmidt as Lutz Steffens
Ina Peters as Monika Brinkmann
Margarete Haagen as Mrs. van Mühlen
Ernst Sattler as Onkel August
Alfred Balthoff as Fotograf Lankwitz
Emmy Burg as Tante Emilie
Charles Hans Vogt as Barbier
Ingrid Rentsch as Consuela, Barbier's wife
Renate Feuereisen
Kurt Vespermann
Hans Hessling
Walter Gross
Eva Lissa
Gerd Vespermann
Ilse Abel
Egon Brosig
Fritz Grieb
Paul Günther
Wolfgang Kühne
Annette Meilenthin
Klaus Miedel
Werner Schöne
Jenie von Lossow
Rieke Zbrzezny

References[edit]

^ Parish, James Robert (1977). Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press. p. 276.
^ Engel, Thomas (1954-12-21), Glückliche Reise (Comedy, Music), Capitol Film, retrieved 2022-05-02

External links[edit]

Bon Voyage at IMDb

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[1] Parish, James Robert (1977). Film Actors Guide. Scarecrow Press. p. 276.

[2] Engel, Thomas (1954-12-21), Glückliche Reise (Comedy, Music), Capitol Film, retrieved 2022-05-02

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