The Captain from Cologne
7.2
Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the real Captain, learns of Albert’s ruse, and wants to claim his "rightful" position in Parliament. But Karjanke cannot come forward until his politicking "Doppelganger" succeeds in passing an amnesty law for war criminals. When Albert is finally brought before a judge on charges of fraud, he learns that this own amnesty law does not apply to him.
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Cast
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Rolf Ludwig
Albert Hauptmann
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Stein
Erwin Geschonneck
Hans Karjanke
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Naked Among Wolves
Jacob the Liar
Werner Bergmann
Slatan Dudow
Else Wolz
Adele Karjanke
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Wolf Among Wolves
Lissy
Helmut Bergmann
Henryk Keisch
Christel Bodenstein
Hannelore Ullrich
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The Singing Ringing Tree
The Brave Little Tailor
Wilhelm Neef
Michael Tschesno-Hell
Kurt Steingraf
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Lena Neumann
Slatan Dudow Director · Henryk Keisch Writer Michael Tschesno-Hell Writer
First release December 7, 1956 · Produced in XG · Production DEFA
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Production
DEFA
Production
XG
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Original title
Der Hauptmann von Köln
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · December 7, 1956
Theatrical · East Germany
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 26, 1960
Germany
February 2, 1957 · TV · West Germany
Hungary
August 1, 1957
Romania
July 26, 1957 · Theatrical
Russia
December 16, 1957 · Theatrical
Switzerland
August 4, 2016 · Locarno Film Festival
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