Basic Info
Release: August 15, 1956
Runtime: 93 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.2/10 (51 votes)
Status: Released
The Captain from Kopenick
1956
93 min
⭐ 7.2/10
51 votes
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...
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
- Germany
Spoken Languages
- German de
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Cast
Heinz Rühmann
Wilhelm Voigt
Martin Held
Dr. Obermüller
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermüller
Willy A. Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser
Friedrich Domin
Zuchthausdirektor
Erich Schellow
Capt. von Schlettow
Walter Giller
Willy Wormser
Wolfgang Neuss
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Bum Krüger
Schutzmann Kilian
Joseph Offenbach
Wabschke
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Crew
Carl Zuckmayer
Screenplay
Helmut Käutner
Screenplay
Gyula Trebitsch
Producer
Helmut Käutner
Director
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