"Based on the true story of a cobbler who bought a second-hand captain's uniform, assumed command of a troop of guardsmen, declared the town of Köpenick under military law, arrested the mayor and confiscated the town treasury."
Max Adalbert
as Wilhelm Voigt
Max Gülstorff
as Bürgermeister Dr. Obermüller
Käthe Haack
as Mathilde Obermüller
Albert Florath
as Zuchthausaufseher
Fritz Odemar
as Kassierer Rosenkranz
Heinrich Schroth
as Polizeipräsident von Jagow
Hans Leibelt
as Litfaßsäulen-Mann
Friedrich Kayssler
as Friedrich Hoprecht
Hermann Vallentin
as Adolph Wormser
Paul Wagner
as Hauptmann von Schlettow
Willi Schur
as Kalle
Hermann Speelmans
as Wachtmeister Kilian
Ilse Fürstenberg
as Marie Hoprecht, Voigts Schwester
Alfred Beierle
as Passkommissar
Gerhard Bienert
as Gardegrenadier
Heinz Sarnow
as Dr. Jellinek
Richard Oswald
Director
Albrecht Joseph
Writer
Producer
Gabriel Pascal
Max Brenner
Editor
Carl Zuckmayer
Screenplay
Theatre Play
Ewald Daub
Director of Photography