Movielogr
The Captain from Kopenick (1956)
Directed by Helmut Käutner
Overview
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Heinz Rühmann | Martin Held | Hannelore Schroth | Willy A. Kleinau | Leonard Steckel | Friedrich Domin | Erich Schellow | Walter Giller | Wolfgang Neuss | Bum Krüger | Joseph Offenbach | Ilse Fürstenberg | Maria Sebaldt | Edith Hancke | Ethel Reschke | Siegfried Lowitz | Willi Rose | Willy Maertens | Wolfgang Müller | Balduin Baas | Reinhard Kolldehoff