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The Captain from Kopenick
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The Captain from Kopenick

1956-08-15 · 93 min · ★ 7.3

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...

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Directors
Helmut Käutner
Production companies
Real-Film
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Heinz RühmannHeinz RühmannWilhelm Voigt
Martin HeldMartin HeldDr. Obermüller
Hannelore SchrothHannelore SchrothMathilde Obermüller
Willy A. KleinauWilly A. KleinauFriedrich Hoprecht
Leonard SteckelLeonard SteckelAdolph Wormser
Friedrich DominFriedrich DominZuchthausdirektor
Erich SchellowErich SchellowCapt. von Schlettow
Walter GillerWalter GillerWilly Wormser
Wolfgang NeussWolfgang NeussZuchthäusler Kallenberg
Bum KrügerBum KrügerSchutzmann Kilian
Joseph OffenbachJoseph OffenbachWabschke
Ilse FürstenbergMarie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Maria SebaldtMaria SebaldtAuguste Viktoria Wormser
Edith HanckeEdith HanckeLieschen, das kranke Mädchen
Ethel ReschkeEthel ReschkePleureusenmieze
Siegfried LowitzSiegfried LowitzKassierer Rosenkranz
Willi RoseWilli RosePolizist
Willy MaertensWilly MaertensProkurist Knell
Wolfgang MüllerWolfgang MüllerZuchthäusler Puhlke
Balduin BaasBalduin Baasostpreußischer Grenadier

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