Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1956)




Heinz Rühmann - Der Hauptmann von Köpenick




A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin...


Film programs

Illustrierte Film Bühne nr. 3385
Progress Filmillustrierte/Filmprogramm nr. 19/57
Progress Filmillustrierte/Filmprogramm nr. 110/64


Books with substantial mentioning of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Frank N. Magill (ed.)
Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films. Volume 1 A-CED
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., 1985

Gregor Ball/Eberhard Spiess
Heinz Rühmann und seine Filme
München, 1982

Christa Bandmann / Joe Hembus
Klassiker des Deutschen Tonfilms, 1930-1960
München, 1980

Articles on Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Russell A. Berman, A return to arms, Käutner's The Captain of Köpenick (1956), in: Eric Rentschler, German Film & Literature, New York & London, 1986