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The Captain from Kopenick

Original title: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

  • Movie
  • 1956
  • 1h 33m

Directed by Helmut Käutner

7.3

TMDB audience rating
7.3 out of 10 from 59 votes

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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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Cast and crew

  • Heinz Rühmann

    Heinz RühmannWilhelm Voigt

  • Martin Held

    Martin HeldDr. Obermüller

  • Hannelore Schroth

    Hannelore SchrothMathilde Obermüller

  • Willy A. Kleinau

    Willy A. KleinauFriedrich Hoprecht

  • Leonard Steckel

    Leonard SteckelAdolph Wormser

  • Friedrich Domin

    Friedrich DominZuchthausdirektor

  • Erich Schellow

    Erich SchellowCapt. von Schlettow

  • Walter Giller

    Walter GillerWilly Wormser

  • Wolfgang Neuss

    Wolfgang NeussZuchthäusler Kallenberg

  • Bum Krüger

    Bum KrügerSchutzmann Kilian

  • Joseph Offenbach

    Joseph OffenbachWabschke

  • Ilse FürstenbergMarie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

  • Maria Sebaldt

    Maria SebaldtAuguste Viktoria Wormser

  • Edith Hancke

    Edith HanckeLieschen, das kranke Mädchen

  • Ethel Reschke

    Ethel ReschkePleureusenmieze

  • Siegfried Lowitz

    Siegfried LowitzKassierer Rosenkranz

  • Willi Rose

    Willi RosePolizist

  • Willy Maertens

    Willy MaertensProkurist Knell

Director
Helmut Käutner
Writer
Helmut Käutner and Carl Zuckmayer
Music
Bernhard Eichhorn
Cinematography
Albert Benitz