The Captain from Kopenick

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...

Top Cast

Heinz Rühmann

Wilhelm Voigt

Martin Held

Dr. Obermüller

Hannelore Schroth

Mathilde Obermüller

Willy A. Kleinau

Friedrich Hoprecht

Leonard Steckel

Adolph Wormser