The Captain from Köpenick Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
The Captain from Köpenick is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and based upon the 1931 play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as the Captain from Köpenick. It was nominated for the 29th Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Language Film.
Cast
- Balduin Baas
- Bum Krüger
- Edith Hancke
- Erich Schellow
- Ethel Reschke
- Friedrich Domin
- Hannelore Schroth
- Heinz Rühmann
- Helmuth Gmelin
- Holger Hagen
- Ilse Fürstenberg
- Joachim Wolff
- Jochen Blume
- Jochen-Wolfgang Meyn
- Joseph Offenbach
- Karl Hellmer
- Kurt Fuß
- Kurt Klopsch
- Leonard Steckel
- Ludwig Linkmann
- Maria Sebaldt
- Martin Held
- Otto Wernicke
- Peter Ahrweiler
- Reinhard Kolldehoff
- Reinhold Nietschmann
- Robert Meyn
- Rudolf Fenner
- Siegfried Lowitz
- Walter Giller
- Werner Schumacher
- Willi Rose
- Willy A. Kleinau
- Willy Maertens
- Wolfgang Müller
- Wolfgang Neuss
More details
| author | Carl Zuckmayer Helmut Käutner |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Berlin |
| director | Helmut Käutner |
| editor | Klaus Dudenhöfer |
| genre | comedy-drama historical |
| musicBy | Bernhard Eichhorn |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film |
| producer | Gyula Trebitsch |
| productionCompany | Real Film |
| publisher | Distributors Corporation of America |
| theme | biographical |