The Captain from Kopenick

• 7.174 Comedy
• 1956-08-15
• 93 minutes mins

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.

Starring:

Heinz Rühmann (Wilhelm Voigt) Martin Held (Dr. Obermüller) Hannelore Schroth (Mathilde Obermüller) Willy A. Kleinau (Friedrich Hoprecht) Leonard Steckel (Adolph Wormser) Friedrich Domin (Zuchthausdirektor) Erich Schellow (Capt. von Schlettow) Walter Giller (Willy Wormser) Wolfgang Neuss (Zuchthäusler Kallenberg) Bum Krüger (Schutzmann Kilian)

Director:

Helmut Käutner

Writer:

Carl Zuckmayer Helmut Käutner