Movie·1956·1h 33m
The Captain from Kopenick
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
Original title: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
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...
Written By
Carl Zuckmayer
Producer
Gyula Trebitsch
Cinematography
Albert Benitz
Music
Bernhard Eichhorn
Editor
Klaus Dudenhöfer
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Region: ATRent
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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
Wolfgang Neuss
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Bum Krüger
Schutzmann Kilian
Joseph Offenbach
Wabschke
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Maria Sebaldt
Auguste Viktoria Wormser
Edith Hancke
Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
Ethel Reschke
Pleureusenmieze
Siegfried Lowitz
Kassierer Rosenkranz
Willi Rose
Polizist
Willy Maertens
Prokurist Knell
// crew
Crew
Klaus Dudenhöfer
Editor
Helmut Käutner
Director, Screenplay
Carl Zuckmayer
Screenplay
Gyula Trebitsch
Producer
Bernhard Eichhorn
Original Music Composer
Albert Benitz
Director of Photography
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