The Captain from Cologne
1956 · 118 min
Comedy · Drama
★ 7.1Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the real Captain, learns of Albert’s ruse, and wants to claim his "rightful" position in Parliament. But Karjanke cannot come forward until his politicking "Doppelganger" succeeds in passing an amnesty law for war criminals. When Albert is finally brought before a judge on charges of fraud, he learns that this own amnesty law does not apply to him.
Crew
- Director Slatan Dudow
- Writer Slatan Dudow
- Writer Henryk Keisch
- Writer Michael Tschesno-Hell
- Director of Photography Helmut Bergmann
- Director of Photography Werner Bergmann
Cast
Rolf Ludwig
Albert Hauptmann
Erwin Geschonneck
Hans Karjanke
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Else Wolz
Adele Karjanke
Christel Bodenstein
Hannelore Ullrich
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Kurt Steingraf
Pferdapfel, Baron v. Kohlen und Stahlbach
Manfred Borges
Max Steinmetz
Ruth Baldor
Frau von Kohlen
- M
Marie-Luise Etzel
Daisy
Johannes Arpe
Dr. Seekatz, Bürgermeister
- H
Hans W. Hamacher
Dr. Brandstätter
- H
Horst Koch
Generalfeldmarschall Kesselmeyer
- H
Herbert Körbs
General Haudorf
Crew
- Director — Slatan Dudow
- Writer — Slatan Dudow
- Writer — Henryk Keisch
- Writer — Michael Tschesno-Hell
- Director of Photography — Helmut Bergmann
- Director of Photography — Werner Bergmann
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