29 Dec 1995
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A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple.
The Captain from Kopenick
The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.
Top Billed Cast
Heinz Rühmann Wilhelm Voigt
Martin Held Dr. Obermüller
Hannelore Schroth Mathilde Obermüller
Willy A. Kleinau Friedrich Hoprecht
Leonard Steckel Adolph Wormser
Friedrich Domin Zuchthausdirektor
Erich Schellow Capt. von Schlettow
Walter Giller Willy Wormser
Wolfgang Neuss Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Bum Krüger Schutzmann Kilian
Joseph Offenbach Wabschke
Ilse Fürstenberg Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Maria Sebaldt Auguste Viktoria Wormser
Edith Hancke Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
Ethel Reschke Pleureusenmieze
Siegfried Lowitz Kassierer Rosenkranz
Willi Rose Polizist
Willy Maertens Prokurist Knell
Wolfgang Müller Zuchthäusler Puhlke
Balduin Baas ostpreußischer Grenadier
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