Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
(The Captain from Köpenick)

West Germany (1956): Comedy/Drama

A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin... Helmut Käutner directs. (Real-Film GmbH/DCA) (Patrick Dersjant, IMDb)

· Foreign Language Film Award 1956: Gyula Trebitsch, producer.

1 nomination