Heinz Ruhmann, Martin Held, Hannelore Schroth, Willy A. Kleinau, Leonard Steckel

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 g...( read more  read more... )et 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...

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Unrated, 93 min.

Directed by: Helmut Käutner

Release Date: August 16, 1956

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  • July 23, 2008
    nominated for best foreign-language film at the oscars

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