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The Captain from Köpenick
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1956 West German film directed by Helmut Käutner
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It is catalogued under topics including 1950s biographical films, 1950s historical comedy-drama films and 1956 films.
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Film · TMDB
7.3A 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...
Cast
- Heinz Rühmann as Wilhelm Voigt
- Martin Held as Dr. Obermüller
- Hannelore Schroth as Mathilde Obermüller
- Willy A. Kleinau as Friedrich Hoprecht
- Leonard Steckel as Adolph Wormser
- Friedrich Domin as Zuchthausdirektor
Themes
- prison
- berlin, germany
- passport
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- German
- Director
- Helmut Käutner
- Screenwriter
- Carl Zuckmayer
- Cast member
- Holger Hagen
- Composer
- Bernhard Eichhorn
- Producer
- Gyula Trebitsch
- Cinematographer
- Albert Benitz
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Duration
- 93
- FilmAffinity ID
- 636710
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- publication date
- 1956-08-16
- title
- Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
- production designer
- Albrecht Becker
- assessment
- Bechdel test
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