06 Apr 1990
Ernest Goes to Jail
Bumbling bank janitor Ernest P. Worrell is assigned to jury duty, and soon finds himself in trouble when he is covertly switched with a look-a-like crime boss. Ernest must escape from jail to expose the mix-up.
The Captain from Kopenick
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...
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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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