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The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 1956, August 15
Directors: Helmut Käutner
Countries: Germany
Production: Real Film
Cast: Walter Giller, Wolfgang Müller, Reinhard Kolldehoff, Heinz Rühmann, Edith Hancke, Maria Sebaldt, Balduin Baas, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Wolfgang Neuss, Willi Rose, Siegfried Lowitz

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 berlin, germany passport