The Story
Franz Xaver Oberholzer (Felix Dvorak), is Tyrolean innkeeper and family man from the Tyrolian Stubai Valley, who wins a dream holiday on the passenger liner, SS Calypso – the destination being the Arabian country of Ölscheichtum.
Above: Cover of German promotional brochure and, Below: Inside
As it is, Mrs Oberholzer doesn’t trust her womanising husband, and so she their son, also named Franz Xaver (Alfons Haider) – otherwise known as ‘Franzel’ – to keep an eye on his father. But it turns out that it’s Franz Jnr. who ends up falling in love with Brabara ‘Babsi’ Ziebitz (Petra Drechsler), the daughter of a Falconer.
When finally the ship arrives in Ölscheichtum, the trio happen upon a series of characters, including a gang of murderous crooks, resulting in their stumbling from one mishap to next.
Inevitably, they end up at the palace of Sheikh Al-Abdullah (Peter Wyngarde), who asks Franzl if he’d consider becoming his successor.
The film ends with Babsi and Franzl returning to Tyrol, where the two marry.
PETER WYNGARDE: The Official Website 