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The Captain from Köpenick (1931) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1931 · 107 mins · German
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- Directed by
- Richard Oswald
- Starring
- Hermann Vallentin, Friedrich Kayssler, Käthe Haack, Heinrich Schroth, Gerhard Bienert, Fritz Odemar
The film recounts the true events in which a cobbler, after acquiring a second‑hand captain’s uniform, assumes command of a guard detachment, declares the town of Köpenick under military law, arrests the mayor and seizes the municipal treasury, exposing bureaucratic absurdity.
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