The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

7.3 93 min Movie
ComedyDrama

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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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
Joseph Offenbach Joseph Offenbach Wabschke
Ilse Fürstenberg Ilse Fürstenberg Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

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