Hannes Peters is delighted that he can escape his unloved job as a chef and join the navy. He is overjoyed to be assigned as a hydroacoustician. But then the cook falls ill and Hannes is transferred to the galley. He resists, serves inedible dumplings and oversalted coffee, but it doesn't help! For a while, he has to do his duty as a smutje and finally realizes that everyone in the navy is in the same boat.
Jürgen Trott
as Hannes
Ingeborg Krabbe
as Mutter Peters
Victor Deiß
as Hans-Dieter Peters
Petra Dobbertin
as Katrin Peters
Gerd Blahuschek
as Kapitänleutnant Uwe Hansen
Ralf Lindermann
as Leutnant Klaus Schneider
Klaus-Jürgen Steinmann
as Erwin Kopelke
Frank-Otto Schenk
as Fregattenkapitän Stefan Winkler (as Frank Schenk)
Sybille Heyen
as Sabine Winkler
Monika Boysen
as Frau Winkler
Hans Klima
as Korvettenkapitän Gräfe
Peter Cwielag
as Oberleutnant Blankenburg
