---
title: 'The Captain from Köpenick (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Helmut Käutner'
released: '1956-08-16'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-captain-from-kopenick-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049293/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Captain from Köpenick (1956)

1956 · 93 min · Drama, Comedy · Germany

Original title: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

## Synopsis

The Captain from Köpenick is a 1956 West German comedy film directed by Helmut Käutner and based upon the 1931 play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, a German impostor who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as the Captain from Köpenick. It was nominated for the 29th Academy Awards in the category Best Foreign Language Film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- **Screenplay:** [Helmut Käutner](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-kautner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernhard Eichhorn](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-eichhorn)
- **Producer:** [Gyula Trebitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/gyula-trebitsch)
- **Director of Photography:** [Albert Benitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/albert-benitz)
- **Editor:** [Klaus Dudenhöfer](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-dudenhofer)

## Cast

- [Walter Giller](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-giller)
- [Hannelore Schroth](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannelore-schroth)
- [Jochen Blume](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-blume)
- [Robert Meyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-meyn)
- [Peter Ahrweiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-ahrweiler)
- [Heinz Rühmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-ruhmann)
- [Holger Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/holger-hagen)
- [Karl Hellmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/karl-hellmer)
- [Reinhard Kolldehoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/reinhard-kolldehoff)
- [Rudolf Fenner](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-fenner)
- [Bum Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/bum-kruger)
- [Willi Rose](https://cinepixo.com/people/willi-rose)
- [Jochen-Wolfgang Meyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/jochen-wolfgang-meyn)
- [Siegfried Lowitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/siegfried-lowitz)
- [Wolfgang Müller](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-muller)

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