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| Heinz Rühmann | ... | Wilhelm Voigt | |
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Martin Held | ... | Dr. Obermüller |
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Hannelore Schroth | ... | Mathilde Obermüller |
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Willy A. Kleinau | ... | Friedrich Hoprecht |
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Leonard Steckel | ... | Adolph Wormser |
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Friedrich Domin | ... | Jail Director |
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Erich Schellow | ... | Capt. von Schlettow |
| Walter Giller | ... | Willy Wormser | |
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Wolfgang Neuss | ... | Kallenberg (as Wolfgang Neuß) |
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Bum Krüger | ... | Schutzmann Kilian |
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Joseph Offenbach | ... | Wabschke |
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Ilse Fürstenberg | ... | Marie Hoprecht, Voigts Schwester |
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Maria Sebaldt | ... | Auguste Viktoria Wormser, seine Tochter |
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Edith Hancke | ... | Sick girl |
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Ethel Reschke | ... | Pleureusenmieze |
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A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is released after being jailed for 15 years. He wants to have a pass to get a job and start anew, but without a job he doesn't get a pass; and without a pass, he doesn't get a job. He gets into the net of Prussian bureaucracy, and can't see a solution. Until he enters a small Second-Hand Shop, and sees a Prussian Uniform that fits him like a second skin... Written by Patrick Dersjant <pdersjan@telebyte.nl>
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West GermanyLanguage:
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16 August 1956 (West Germany) See more »Also Known As:
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Color (Eastmancolor)Aspect Ratio:
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