The Captain from Kopenick 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...
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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Full Cast & Crew... Wilhelm Voigt
... Dr. Obermüller
... Mathilde Obermüller
... Friedrich Hoprecht
... Adolph Wormser
... Zuchthausdirektor
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Release Date:
Aug 15, 1956 (Germany)
Run Time:
1hr 33`
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Original Language:
German
Production Countries:
Germany
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
The Captain from Kopenick - The Captain from Kopenick
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Wilhelm Voigt
... Dr. Obermüller
... Mathilde Obermüller
... Friedrich Hoprecht
... Adolph Wormser
... Zuchthausdirektor
... Capt. von Schlettow
... Willy Wormser
... Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
... Schutzmann Kilian
... Wabschke
... Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
... Auguste Viktoria Wormser
... Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
... Pleureusenmieze
... Kassierer Rosenkranz
... Polizist
... Prokurist Knell
... Zuchthäusler Puhlke
... ostpreußischer Grenadier
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... Producer