The Captain from Köpenick

Directed by Richard Oswald
1931    1h 47m
Comedy
7
In "The Captain from Köpenick," downtrodden cobbler Wilhelm Voigt seizes a second-hand Prussian officer's uniform to stage a theatrical coup in Köpenick. With charisma and cleverness, he commandeers a guard, arrests local officials, and exposes absurdity within authority.
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Cast of The Captain from Köpenick
  • Max AdalbertWilhelm Voigt
  • Max GülstorffBürgermeister Dr. Obermüller
  • Käthe HaackMathilde Obermüller
  • Albert FlorathZuchthausaufseher
  • Fritz OdemarKassierer Rosenkranz
  • Heinrich SchrothPolizeipräsident von Jagow
  • Hans LeibeltLitfaßsäulen-Mann
  • Friedrich KaysslerFriedrich Hoprecht
  • Hermann VallentinAdolph Wormser
  • Paul WagnerHauptmann von Schlettow
  • Willi SchurKalle
  • Hermann SpeelmansWachtmeister Kilian
  • Ilse FürstenbergMarie Hoprecht, Voigts Schwester
  • Alfred BeierlePasskommissar
  • Gerhard BienertGardegrenadier
  • Heinz SarnowDr. Jellinek
 
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