The Captain from Kopenick

08/15/1956

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1hr 33min

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Comedy

,Drama

STORY

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...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Heinz Rühmann
  • Martin Held
  • Hannelore Schroth
  • Willy A. Kleinau
  • Leonard Steckel

    Director

  • Helmut Käutner

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Real-Film

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German