The Captain from Kopenick(1956)

movie - first aired/released 1956-08-15 - 93 min - audience 7.3

Comedy, Drama

Directed by Helmut Käutner

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...