THE CAPTAIN FROM KOEPENICK (Der Hauptmann von Koepenick), Series: Hope As Principle, A Tribute to Helmut Kaeutner November 28, 2006

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Germany 1956, DVD, 93 min German w/English subtitles

Released after serving time for a petty crime, an impoverished shoemaker ( Heinz Ruehmann) is keen to make a fresh start, but finds himself mired in bureaucracy until he stumbles across a second-hand captain’s uniform. He decides to wear the uniform and embarks on a quest to fool the entire German army. A true German classic.

Official Website: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/los/kue/en1710572.htm