The Captain from Kopenick
Film19561h 33m
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- Director
- Helmut Käutner
- Language
- German
- Released
- 1956-08-15
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
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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...
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