The Captain from Köpenick

Year: 1931

Runtime: 107 mins

Language: German

Director: Richard Oswald

Comedy

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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