The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick

25/7/1958 1h 33m 7.3/10

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...

Director

Helmut Käutner

Top Billed Cast

Leonard Steckel

Leonard Steckel

Adolph Wormser

Heinz Rühmann

Heinz Rühmann

Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held

Martin Held

Dr. Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau

Willy A. Kleinau

Friedrich Hoprecht

Friedrich Domin

Friedrich Domin

Zuchthausdirektor

Hannelore Schroth

Hannelore Schroth

Mathilde Obermüller

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