The Captain from Kopenick
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...
Crew
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Helmut Käutner
Director
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Helmut Käutner
Screenplay
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Carl Zuckmayer
Theatre Play
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Carl Zuckmayer
Screenplay
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Bernhard Eichhorn
Original Music Composer
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Gyula Trebitsch
Producer
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Albert Benitz
Director of Photography
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Klaus Dudenhöfer
Editor
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