1956-12-07
118 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
Rolf Ludwig
Albert Hauptmann
Erwin Geschonneck
Hans Karjanke
Else Wolz
Adele Karjanke
Christel Bodenstein
Hannelore Ullrich
Kurt Steingraf
Pferdapfel, Baron v. Kohlen und Stahlbach
Manfred Borges
Max Steinmetz
Ruth Baldor
Frau von Kohlen
Marie-Luise Etzel
Daisy
Johannes Arpe
Dr. Seekatz, Bürgermeister
Hans W. Hamacher
Dr. Brandstätter
Horst Koch
Generalfeldmarschall Kesselmeyer
Herbert Körbs
General Haudorf
Heinrich Gies
Johannes Curth
Peter Kiwitt
Ingo Osterloh
Peter Marx
Herbert Richter
Wolf Goette
Horst Lommatzsch
Hella Jansen
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Rhetoriklehrer
Heinz Voss
Hubert Suschka
Rundfunkreporter
Heinz Hinze
Harry Riebauer
Oberleutnant Kilian
Hermann Kiessner
Trude Brentina
Klatschbase
Werner Röwekamp
Hannjo Hasse
Fredy Barten
Rudolf Christoph
Werner Dissel
Eckart Friedrichson
Harry Gillmann
Christa Gottschalk
Wilhelm Gröhl
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Heinz Isterheil
Heinz Kammer
Herbert Kiper
Otto Krieg Helbig
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Willi Narloch
Ingeborg Naß
Willi Neuenhahn
Fritz Schlegel
Hermann Stetza
Gustav Trombke
Charles Hans Vogt
Kurt Wenkhaus
Hildegard Wensch
Willi Wietfeldt