The Captain From Koepenick
Brief Synopsis
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A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...
Cast & Crew
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Helmut Kautner
Director
Heinz Ruhmann
Wilhelm Voigt--The Cobbler
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermuller
Martin Held
Mayor Obermuller
Erich Schellow
Captain Von Schlettow
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht
Film Details
Also Known As
Captain From Koepenick
Genre
Adaptation
Biography
Drama
Release Date
1956
Distribution Company
Distributors Corporation Of America
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 33m
Sound
Klangfilm-Stereocord
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Synopsis
Real life incident about a shoe maker in 1906 who mascarades as a Prussian officer and turns the political system upside down. When his true identity is discovered, he's made a folk hero.
Director
Helmut Kautner
Director
Cast
Heinz Ruhmann
Wilhelm Voigt--The Cobbler
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermuller
Martin Held
Mayor Obermuller
Erich Schellow
Captain Von Schlettow
Ilse Fürstenberg
Marie Hoprecht
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser--The Tailor
Walter Giller
Willi Wormser
Maria Sebaldt
Auguste Viktoria Wormser
Willy A Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
Friedrich Domin
Prison Director
Wolfgang Neuss
Kallenberg
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Drunk Soldier
Willi Rose
Police Sergeant
Rene Kolldehoff
Crew
Albrecht Becker
Set Decorator
Albert Benitz
Director Of Photography
Klaus Dudenhoefer
Editor
Bernard Eichnorn
Music
Helmut Kautner
Screenwriter
Herbert Kirchhoff
Set Decorator
Erna Sander
Costume Design
Gyula Trebitsch
Executive Producer
Carl Zuckmayer
Play As Source Material
Carl Zuckmayer
Screenwriter
Film Details
Also Known As
Captain From Koepenick
Genre
Adaptation
Biography
Drama
Release Date
1956
Distribution Company
Distributors Corporation Of America
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 33m
Sound
Klangfilm-Stereocord
Color
Color (Eastmancolor)
Award Nominations
Best Foreign Language Film
1957
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in Germany September 1956
c Technicolor
subtitled
Released in Germany September 1956
