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About
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...
Theatrical
Jul 25, 1958
Director
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Real-Film
Original Title
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Original Language
German
Keywords
Cast
Full credits →H
Heinz Rühmann
Wilhelm Voigt
M
Martin Held
Dr. Obermüller
H
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermüller
W
Willy A. Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
L
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser
F
Friedrich Domin
Zuchthausdirektor
E
Erich Schellow
Capt. von Schlettow
W
Walter Giller
Willy Wormser
W
Wolfgang Neuss
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
B
Bum Krüger
Schutzmann Kilian
J
Joseph Offenbach
Wabschke
I
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
M
Maria Sebaldt
Auguste Viktoria Wormser
E
Edith Hancke
Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
E
Ethel Reschke
Pleureusenmieze
S
Siegfried Lowitz
Kassierer Rosenkranz
W
Willi Rose
Polizist
W
Willy Maertens
Prokurist Knell
W
Wolfgang Müller
Zuchthäusler Puhlke
B
Balduin Baas
ostpreußischer Grenadier
