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The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

Aug 15, 1956 · 1h 33m

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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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Top cast

  • Heinz Rühmann Heinz Rühmann Wilhelm Voigt
  • Martin Held Martin Held Dr. Obermüller
  • Hannelore Schroth Hannelore Schroth Mathilde Obermüller
  • Willy A. Kleinau Willy A. Kleinau Friedrich Hoprecht
  • Leonard Steckel Leonard Steckel Adolph Wormser
  • Friedrich Domin Friedrich Domin Zuchthausdirektor
  • Erich Schellow Erich Schellow Capt. von Schlettow
  • Walter Giller Walter Giller Willy Wormser
  • Wolfgang Neuss Wolfgang Neuss Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
  • Bum Krüger Bum Krüger Schutzmann Kilian
  • Joseph Offenbach Joseph Offenbach Wabschke
  • Ilse Fürstenberg Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
  • Maria Sebaldt Maria Sebaldt Auguste Viktoria Wormser
  • Edith Hancke Edith Hancke Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
  • Ethel Reschke Ethel Reschke Pleureusenmieze
  • Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz Kassierer Rosenkranz

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