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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Creators

Helmut Käutner

director

Helmut Käutner

writer

Carl Zuckmayer

writer

Cast

Heinz Rühmann actor

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Martin Held actor

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Hannelore Schroth actor

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Willy A. Kleinau actor

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Leonard Steckel actor

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Friedrich Domin actor

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Erich Schellow actor

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Walter Giller actor Wolfgang Neuss actor

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Bum Krüger actor

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Joseph Offenbach actor

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Ilse Fürstenberg actor

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Maria Sebaldt actor

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Edith Hancke actor

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Ethel Reschke actor

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Siegfried Löwitz actor

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Willi Rose actor

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Willy Maertens actor

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Wolfgang Müller actor

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Balduin Baas actor