Released:
1956-08-15

Overview:
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...

Director:
Helmut Käutner

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Comedy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Heinz Rühmann
  as
  Wilhelm Voigt
• 
  Martin Held
  as
  Dr. Obermüller
• 
  Hannelore Schroth
  as
  Mathilde Obermüller
• 
  Willy A. Kleinau
  as
  Friedrich Hoprecht
• 
  Leonard Steckel
  as
  Adolph Wormser