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The Captain from Kpenick (1931 film)

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'The Captain from Kpenick' is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Richard Oswald and produced by Gabriel Pascal. It is one of several films based on the 1931 play of the same name by Carl Zuckmayer.Rentschler p. 166 The story centers on the Hauptmann von Kpenick affair in 1906.

It was shot at the Johannisthal Studios in Berlin and on location in Kpenick. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franz Schroedter.

Plot



'Der Hauptmann von Kpenick' is based on a true story that took place in Germany in 1906. A poor cobbler named Wilhelm Voigt purchased the second-hand uniform of a Prussian infantry captain. Wearing this, he travelled to the borough of Kpenick and ordered a troop of guardsmen to place themselves under his command. He then declared the town hall to be under military law, ordering the arrest of the mayor and treasurer and confiscating all the funds in the exchequer. In this film version it's a considerable sum of 4,000 reichsmarks. Voigt's orders were obeyed without question and he temporarily got away with the caper, although he was eventually caught.

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See also



* The Captain from Kpenick (1926 film)

* The Captain from Kpenick (1945 film)

* The Captain from Kpenick (1956 film)

* Der Hauptmann von Kpenick (1997 film)

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