The Captain from Kopenick

Helmut Käutner
1956-08-15


7.174
93 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Heinz Rühmann Wilhelm Voigt Unowned
Martin Held Dr. Obermüller Unowned
Hannelore Schroth Mathilde Obermüller Unowned
Willy A. Kleinau Friedrich Hoprecht Unowned
Leonard Steckel Adolph Wormser Unowned
Friedrich Domin Zuchthausdirektor Unowned
Erich Schellow Capt. von Schlettow Unowned
Walter Giller Willy Wormser Unowned
Wolfgang Neuss Zuchthäusler Kallenberg Unowned
Bum Krüger Schutzmann Kilian Unowned
Joseph Offenbach Wabschke Unowned
Ilse Fürstenberg Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister Unowned
Maria Sebaldt Auguste Viktoria Wormser Unowned
Edith Hancke Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen Unowned
Ethel Reschke Pleureusenmieze Unowned
Siegfried Lowitz Kassierer Rosenkranz Unowned
Willi Rose Polizist Unowned
Willy Maertens Prokurist Knell Unowned
Wolfgang Müller Zuchthäusler Puhlke Unowned
Balduin Baas ostpreußischer Grenadier Unowned
Reinhard Kolldehoff Soldat Unowned