The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 15, 1956

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...

The Captain from Kopenick

93 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 15, 1956

The Captain from Kopenick
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...
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Real-Film GmbH
Original title Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Directors Helmut Käutner
Writers Carl Zuckmayer, Helmut Käutner

Cast

Heinz Rühmann

as Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held

as Dr. Obermüller

Hannelore Schroth

as Mathilde Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau

as Friedrich Hoprecht

Leonard Steckel

as Adolph Wormser

Friedrich Domin

as Zuchthausdirektor

Erich Schellow

as Capt. von Schlettow

Walter Giller

as Willy Wormser

Wolfgang Neuss

as Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

Bum Krüger

as Schutzmann Kilian

Joseph Offenbach

as Wabschke

Ilse Fürstenberg

as Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister

Maria Sebaldt

as Auguste Viktoria Wormser

Edith Hancke

as Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen

Ethel Reschke

as Pleureusenmieze

Siegfried Lowitz

as Kassierer Rosenkranz

Willi Rose

as Polizist

Willy Maertens

as Prokurist Knell

Wolfgang Müller

as Zuchthäusler Puhlke

Balduin Baas

as ostpreußischer Grenadier