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...
Release Date: 1956-08-15
Original Language: de
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Wilhelm Voigt
Dr. Obermüller
Mathilde Obermüller
Friedrich Hoprecht
Adolph Wormser
Zuchthausdirektor
Capt. von Schlettow
Willy Wormser
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Schutzmann Kilian
Wabschke
Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Auguste Viktoria Wormser
Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen
Pleureusenmieze
Kassierer Rosenkranz
Polizist
Prokurist Knell
Zuchthäusler Puhlke
ostpreußischer Grenadier
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