Movie Settings Database

The Captain from Kopenick

Where:

🇩🇪 Germany

When:

The 1900s

The 1956 movie based on the theater play by Carl Zuckmayer based on the true story of cobbler Wilhelm Voigt who dressed up as a German military officer and, with the help of unsuspecting soldiers, took over the city hall in Köpenick and confiscated the city's purse.

Released in 1956 — 93 minutes

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Language:

German