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...
Helmut Käutner
Director
Heinz Rühmann
Wilhelm Voigt
Martin Held
Dr. Obermüller
Hannelore Schroth
Mathilde Obermüller
Willy A. Kleinau
Friedrich Hoprecht
Leonard Steckel
Adolph Wormser
Friedrich Domin
Zuchthausdirektor
Erich Schellow
Capt. von Schlettow
Walter Giller
Willy Wormser
Wolfgang Neuss
Zuchthäusler Kallenberg
Herr Lehmann67%
Brute Force73%
Things Change62%
Good Bye, Lenin!75%
The Asphalt Jungle75%
Where the Money Is59%
The Seven-Ups63%
Gotcha!59%
Normal66%
Welcome to Collinwood61%
Corner Office65%
My Own Love Song62%
Das Leben der Anderen80%
TalhotBlond63%
Find Me Guilty65%
Five Minutes of Heaven61%
Don't Think Twice64%
Thunderstruck61%
Starving in Suburbia65%
Lola rennt73%
