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Watch Online / Der Hauptmann von Köpenick (1931)
Desc: Der Hauptmann von Köpenick: Directed by Richard Oswald. With Max Adalbert, Ernst Dernburg, Willi Schur, Paul Wagner. A poor cobbler named Wilhelm Voigt purchased the second-hand uniform of a Prussian infantry captain. Wearing this, he traveled to the borough of Köpenick 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 bank.