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The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick

★ 7.3/10•1956•1h 33m•12•Comedy•Drama

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...

Helmut Käutner · Director

Carl Zuckmayer · Screenplay

Helmut Käutner · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 33m
LanguageDE
Release DateAug 15, 1956

Actors

Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held

Martin Held

Dr. Obermüller

Hannelore Schroth

Hannelore Schroth

Mathilde Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau

Willy A. Kleinau

Friedrich Hoprecht

Leonard Steckel

Leonard Steckel

Adolph Wormser

Friedrich Domin

Friedrich Domin

Zuchthausdirektor

Erich Schellow

Erich Schellow

Capt. von Schlettow

Walter Giller

Walter Giller

Willy Wormser

Wolfgang Neuss

Wolfgang Neuss

Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

Bum Krüger

Bum Krüger

Schutzmann Kilian

Joseph Offenbach

Joseph Offenbach

Wabschke

Ilse Fürstenberg

Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

Maria Sebaldt

Maria Sebaldt

Auguste Viktoria Wormser

Edith Hancke

Edith Hancke

Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen

Ethel Reschke

Ethel Reschke

Pleureusenmieze

Siegfried Lowitz

Siegfried Lowitz

Kassierer Rosenkranz

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