The Captain from Kopenick
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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...
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Cast
21 people
Heinz Rühmann
Wilhelm Voigt
Known for
The Punch Bowl
It Happened in Broad Daylight
Martin Held
Dr. Obermüller
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Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermüller
Known for
Emil of Lonneberga
Willy A. Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
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Die Unbesiegbaren
Die Schönste
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser
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Friedrich Domin
Zuchthausdirektor
Known for
Lola Montès
Erich Schellow
Capt. von Schlettow
Also in
In Those Days
Sherlock Holmes
Walter Giller
Willy Wormser
Also in
Drei Mann in einem Boot
The Conjugal Bed
Wolfgang Neuss
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Also in
Wir Kellerkinder
Cat and Mouse
Bum Krüger
Schutzmann Kilian
Also in
Salto Mortale
Monpti
Joseph Offenbach
Wabschke
Also in
Die Unverbesserlichen
Salto Mortale
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Known for
The Blue Angel
Helmut Käutner Director · Carl Zuckmayer Screenplay Bernhard Eichhorn Composer
United States release July 25, 1958 · Produced in Germany · Original title Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Production
Real-Film
Production
Germany
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Languages
Original title
Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · August 15, 1956
Theatrical · West Germany
United States · July 25, 1958
Theatrical
Austria
September 1, 1956 · Theatrical
Germany
March 15, 1957 · Theatrical · East Germany
November 1, 1990 · Physical · VHS
Russia
August 1, 1960 · Theatrical
XC
January 4, 1957 · Theatrical
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