The Captain from Kopenick
19561h 33mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Comedy
Overview
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...
Keywords
- prison
- germany
- passport
- berlin
- berlin, germany
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 15, 1956
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Real-Film GmbH,Real-Film
- Cast
- Heinz Rühmann,Martin Held,Hannelore Schroth,Willy A. Kleinau,Leonard Steckel,Friedrich Domin,Erich Schellow,Walter Giller,Wolfgang Neuss,Bum Krügerand 11 more
- Director
- Helmut Käutner
- Writer
- Helmut Käutner,Carl Zuckmayer
- Producer
- Gyula Trebitsch
- Cinematography
- Albert Benitz
- Music
- Bernhard Eichhorn
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0049293