Movie: The Captain from Kopenick

Top 10 Billed 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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    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...

  • Release Date

    1956-08-15

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    7.204

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