The Captain from Cologne

1h 58m

6.8

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.

Cast

Albert Hauptmann

Erwin Geschonneck

Christel Bodenstein

Hannelore Ullrich

Pferdapfel, Baron v. Kohlen und Stahlbach

Frau von Kohlen

Marie-Luise Etzel

Dr. Seekatz, Bürgermeister

Hans W. Hamacher

Dr. Brandstätter

Generalfeldmarschall Kesselmeyer

General Haudorf

Herbert Richter

Horst Lommatzsch

Wolf von Beneckendorff

Rundfunkreporter

Oberleutnant Kilian

Hermann Kiessner

Werner Röwekamp

Rudolf Christoph

Eckart Friedrichson

Christa Gottschalk

Adolf Peter Hoffmann

Heinz Isterheil

Otto Krieg Helbig

Hermann Mayer-Falkow

Willi Neuenhahn

Charles Hans Vogt

Hildegard Wensch

Willi Wietfeldt

Crew

Director, Writer

Michael Tschesno-Hell

Werner Bergmann

Director of Photography

Helmut Bergmann

Director of Photography