The Captain from Kopenick
movie
View on VideBits →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...
Cast & crew
Carl Zuckmayer · Bum Krüger · Martin Held · Leonard Steckel · Erich Schellow · Helmut Käutner · Hannelore Schroth · Willy A. Kleinau · Heinz Rühmann · Walter Giller · Wolfgang Neuss · Friedrich Domin