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Frühe Meister der Filmkunst: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick
Early masters of film art: The Captain of Köpenick
Event by: Filmkunst66
Location: filmkunst 66, Bleibtreustraße 12, Berlin - Bezirk Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf
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D 1956
Literary adaptation
Director: Helmut Käutner
Screenplay: Carl Zuckmayer, Helmut Käutner (based on Zuckmayer's stage play) * Production: Gyula Trebitsch * Music: Bernhard Eichhorn * Camera: Albert Benitz * Editing: Klaus Dudenhöfer
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel, Friedrich Domin, Erich Schellow, Walter Giller, Wolfgang Neuss, Bum Krüger, Joseph Offenbach, lse Fürstenberg, Maria Sebaldt, Edith Hancke and many others.
93 minutes, color, FSK 12
Second film adaptation of Zuckmayer's stage play by the unemployed shoemaker Voigt, which was released in 1999 In 1906, disguised as a captain, the city treasury of Köpenick near Berlin was confiscated.
As it was not possible to film on the original locations in East Berlin, the few exterior shots were taken in Hamburg.
The film was an enormous success with ten million viewers in the first five months. It was exported to 53 countries and was awarded numerous prizes, including the German Film Prize.
Golden Bowl Challenge Prize, film ribbon in gold as "Best Film" and as "Best Film of Democratic Thought", Federal Film Prize for leading actors, direction, screenplay and buildings, Oscar nomination as "Best Foreign Language Film"
"The Captain of Köpenick" was the first German post-war success in the USA.
"How he staggers uncertainly through the false world order, how he capitulates and becomes quiet at first and then overconfident out of desperation - that is the finest hour in this actor's career. Rühmann doesn't do faxes. He is tragicomic in the best sense of the word. He is always there, not only gives his face and voice, he plays completely, right down to his feet." (The Evening, September 1, 1956)
"Take a close look at Rühmann, eye to eye, so to speak, and you won't think for a moment of the breakaway pilot Quax, you think of Grock, of Chaplin, of Charlie Rivel." (Die Welt, August 18, 1956)
“It is the shining role for the comedian Heinz Rühmann, who has already been declared dead, his best interpretation in years.” (Neue Ruhr-Zeitung, August 17, 1956)
"An excellently acted tragicomedy, brightened by comic moments and warm humor, dense in its depiction of the environment and atmosphere. A satirical lesson about the omnipotence of the uniform in Prussia, which takes a world view to the point of absurdity." (Lexicon of international film)
Literary adaptation
Director: Helmut Käutner
Screenplay: Carl Zuckmayer, Helmut Käutner (based on Zuckmayer's stage play) * Production: Gyula Trebitsch * Music: Bernhard Eichhorn * Camera: Albert Benitz * Editing: Klaus Dudenhöfer
Cast: Heinz Rühmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel, Friedrich Domin, Erich Schellow, Walter Giller, Wolfgang Neuss, Bum Krüger, Joseph Offenbach, lse Fürstenberg, Maria Sebaldt, Edith Hancke and many others.
93 minutes, color, FSK 12
Second film adaptation of Zuckmayer's stage play by the unemployed shoemaker Voigt, which was released in 1999 In 1906, disguised as a captain, the city treasury of Köpenick near Berlin was confiscated.
As it was not possible to film on the original locations in East Berlin, the few exterior shots were taken in Hamburg.
The film was an enormous success with ten million viewers in the first five months. It was exported to 53 countries and was awarded numerous prizes, including the German Film Prize.
Golden Bowl Challenge Prize, film ribbon in gold as "Best Film" and as "Best Film of Democratic Thought", Federal Film Prize for leading actors, direction, screenplay and buildings, Oscar nomination as "Best Foreign Language Film"
"The Captain of Köpenick" was the first German post-war success in the USA.
"How he staggers uncertainly through the false world order, how he capitulates and becomes quiet at first and then overconfident out of desperation - that is the finest hour in this actor's career. Rühmann doesn't do faxes. He is tragicomic in the best sense of the word. He is always there, not only gives his face and voice, he plays completely, right down to his feet." (The Evening, September 1, 1956)
"Take a close look at Rühmann, eye to eye, so to speak, and you won't think for a moment of the breakaway pilot Quax, you think of Grock, of Chaplin, of Charlie Rivel." (Die Welt, August 18, 1956)
“It is the shining role for the comedian Heinz Rühmann, who has already been declared dead, his best interpretation in years.” (Neue Ruhr-Zeitung, August 17, 1956)
"An excellently acted tragicomedy, brightened by comic moments and warm humor, dense in its depiction of the environment and atmosphere. A satirical lesson about the omnipotence of the uniform in Prussia, which takes a world view to the point of absurdity." (Lexicon of international film)