The Captain from Kopenick (1956)

Comedy
Drama

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

Wilhelm Voigt
Dr. Obermüller
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Auguste Viktoria Wormser
Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
Pleureusenmieze
Kassierer Rosenkranz
Polizist
Prokurist Knell
Zuchthäusler Puhlke
ostpreußischer Grenadier
Mathilde Obermüller
Friedrich Hoprecht
Adolph Wormser
Zuchthausdirektor
Capt. von Schlettow
Willy Wormser
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Schutzmann Kilian

Crew

Theatre Play
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography