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The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

Overview

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...
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Helmut Käutner profile
Helmut Käutner

Director

Helmut Käutner profile
Helmut Käutner

Screenplay

Cast

Heinz Rühmann profile
Heinz Rühmann

Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held profile
Martin Held

Dr. Obermüller

Hannelore Schroth profile
Hannelore Schroth

Mathilde Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau profile
Willy A. Kleinau

Friedrich Hoprecht

Leonard Steckel profile
Leonard Steckel

Adolph Wormser

Friedrich Domin profile
Friedrich Domin

Zuchthausdirektor

Erich Schellow profile
Erich Schellow

Capt. von Schlettow

Walter Giller profile
Walter Giller

Willy Wormser

Wolfgang Neuss profile
Wolfgang Neuss

Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

Bum Krüger profile
Bum Krüger

Schutzmann Kilian

Joseph Offenbach profile
Joseph Offenbach

Wabschke

Ilse Fürstenberg profile
Ilse Fürstenberg

Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

Heinz Rühmann profile
Heinz Rühmann

Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held profile
Martin Held

Dr. Obermüller

Hannelore Schroth profile
Hannelore Schroth

Mathilde Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau profile
Willy A. Kleinau

Friedrich Hoprecht

Leonard Steckel profile
Leonard Steckel

Adolph Wormser

Friedrich Domin profile
Friedrich Domin

Zuchthausdirektor

Erich Schellow profile
Erich Schellow

Capt. von Schlettow

Walter Giller profile
Walter Giller

Willy Wormser

Wolfgang Neuss profile
Wolfgang Neuss

Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

Bum Krüger profile
Bum Krüger

Schutzmann Kilian

Joseph Offenbach profile
Joseph Offenbach

Wabschke

Ilse Fürstenberg profile
Ilse Fürstenberg

Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

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Release Date

August 15, 1956

Original Language

German

Budget

$0.00

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