The Captain from Köpenick
1956 · Movie · 93 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...
Direction Helmut Käutner
Cast Heinz Rühmann · Martin Held · Hannelore Schroth · Willy A. Kleinau · Leonard Steckel · Friedrich Domin · Erich Schellow · Walter Giller · Wolfgang Neuss · Bum Krüger · Joseph Offenbach
Soundtrack Bernhard Eichhorn
Screenplay Helmut Käutner · Carl Zuckmayer
Cinematography Albert Benitz
Original title Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
6.5
43 votes (FilmAffinity)
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