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Der Hauptmann von Köln

6.8 average rating
6.8
German / 118 MIN. / 1956

The Genres

The Synopsis

Albert 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.

The Cast

Rolf LudwigErwin GeschonneckElse WolzChristel BodensteinKurt SteingrafManfred BorgesRuth BaldorMarie-Luise EtzelJohannes ArpeHans W. HamacherHorst KochHerbert KörbsHeinrich GiesJohannes CurthPeter KiwittIngo OsterlohPeter MarxHerbert RichterWolf GoetteHorst LommatzschHella JansenWolf von BeneckendorffHeinz VossHubert SuschkaHeinz HinzeHarry RiebauerHermann KiessnerTrude BrentinaWerner RöwekampHannjo HasseFredy BartenRudolf ChristophWerner DisselEckart FriedrichsonHarry GillmannChrista GottschalkWilhelm GröhlAdolf Peter HoffmannHeinz IsterheilHeinz KammerHerbert KiperOtto Krieg HelbigHermann Mayer-FalkowWilli NarlochIngeborg NaßWilli NeuenhahnFritz SchlegelHermann StetzaGustav TrombkeCharles Hans VogtKurt WenkhausHildegard WenschWilli WietfeldtAlbert Zahn

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