TMDb7.3 / 10

The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

Name: The Captain from Kopenick
Director: Helmut Käutner
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1956-08-15
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel

93 min · Germany · Dir. Helmut Käutner

Comedy Drama 1956 movies

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...