The Captain from Kopenick

The Captain from Kopenick

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

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.

The Captain from Kopenick

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

The Captain from Kopenick
The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Real-Film GmbH
Original title Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Directors Helmut Käutner
Writers Helmut Käutner, Carl Zuckmayer

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