The Captain from Kopenick(1956)

NRComedy, Drama1h 33m

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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  1. Heinz Rühmann

    Heinz Rühmann

    Wilhelm Voigt

  2. Martin Held

    Martin Held

    Dr. Obermüller

  3. Hannelore Schroth

    Hannelore Schroth

    Mathilde Obermüller

  4. Willy A. Kleinau

    Willy A. Kleinau

    Friedrich Hoprecht

  5. Leonard Steckel

    Leonard Steckel

    Adolph Wormser

  6. Friedrich Domin

    Friedrich Domin

    Zuchthausdirektor

  7. Erich Schellow

    Erich Schellow

    Capt. von Schlettow

  8. Walter Giller

    Walter Giller

    Willy Wormser

  9. Wolfgang Neuss

    Wolfgang Neuss

    Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

  10. Bum Krüger

    Bum Krüger

    Schutzmann Kilian

  11. Joseph Offenbach

    Joseph Offenbach

    Wabschke

  12. Ilse Fürstenberg

    Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

  13. Maria Sebaldt

    Maria Sebaldt

    Auguste Viktoria Wormser

  14. Edith Hancke

    Edith Hancke

    Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen

  15. Ethel Reschke

    Ethel Reschke

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