The Captain from Kopenick

Name: The Captain from Kopenick
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1956-08-15
Duration: 1 h 33 min
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956)

Timing: 1:33 (93 min)

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Helmut Käutner

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Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel, Friedrich Domin, Erich Schellow, Walter Giller, Wolfgang Neuss, Bum Krüger
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Gyula Trebitsch

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Albert Benitz

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Bernhard Eichhorn

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Klaus Dudenhöfer
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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...