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.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Jürgen TrottHannes | Hannes |
 Ingeborg KrabbeMutter Peters | Mutter Peters |
 Victor DeißHans-Dieter Peters | Hans-Dieter Peters |
| PPetra DobbertinKatrin Peters | Katrin Peters |
| GGerd BlahuschekKapitänleutnant Uwe Hansen | Kapitänleutnant Uwe Hansen |
| RRalf LindermannLeutnant Klaus Schneider | Leutnant Klaus Schneider |
 Klaus-Jürgen SteinmannErwin Kopelke | Erwin Kopelke |
 Frank-Otto SchenkFregattenkapitän Stefan Winkler (as Frank Schenk) | Fregattenkapitän Stefan Winkler (as Frank Schenk) |
| SSybille HeyenSabine Winkler | Sabine Winkler |
| MMonika BoysenFrau Winkler | Frau Winkler |
 Hans KlimaKorvettenkapitän Gräfe | Korvettenkapitän Gräfe |
| PPeter CwielagOberleutnant Blankenburg | Oberleutnant Blankenburg |
 Klaus GehrkeOberfähnrich Lorenz | Oberfähnrich Lorenz |
| JJean MaeserKochsmaat Müller | Kochsmaat Müller |
 Raik SingerMatrose Helfried | Matrose Helfried |
 Rita FeldmeierRita | Rita |
 Matthias ZahlbaumHeiner | Heiner |
| JJudith SchulzElke | Elke |
| PPeter WohlfeilTorsten | Torsten |
| AAnnette RichterGundula | Gundula |
| GGesine BerkholzInes | Ines |
| AAndrea MeissnerViola | Viola |
 Angela HobrigMarion | Marion |