The Captain from Kopenick
The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick

7.2(51 votes)
1956
1h 33m
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...

Production

Real-Film

Cast

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

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