1956
7.2 (49 votes)
1h 33m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Companies
Real-Film
The Captain from Kopenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick)
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...
Key Crew
Director: Helmut Käutner
Screenplay: Helmut Käutner, Carl Zuckmayer
Producer: Gyula Trebitsch
Director of Photography: Albert Benitz
Top Cast
Heinz Rühmann
Wilhelm Voigt
Martin Held
Dr. Obermüller
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermüller
Willy A. Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser
Friedrich Domin
Zuchthausdirektor
Erich Schellow
Capt. von Schlettow
Walter Giller
Willy Wormser
