Each is dependent on the other. He breaks into the passport office to get a passport. He is surprised and ends up back in prison, where he is trained in military drill. After his release, he once again lodges with relatives, his sister and brother-in-law. Wearing a second-hand captain's uniform, he first takes over a guard unit and uses it to occupy Köpenick town hall, where all the employees of the town council submit to the supposed captain. The mayor is promoted to Berlin and Voigt presents himself to the authorities a few days later. At first, everyone present laughs at the prank, but then Voigt is made aware of the legal consequences. He is sent back to prison, but shortly afterwards he is pardoned by the Emperor.
Harald Juhnke
Wilhelm Voigt
Elisabeth Trissenaar
Mathilde Obermüller
Katharina Thalbach
Marie Hoprecht
Rolf Hoppe
Zuchthausdirektor
Hark Bohm
Kriminalinspektor Schmude
Jürgen Hentsch
Kriminaldirektor Mehlhorn
Sophie Rois
Mieze
Hermann Beyer
Friedrich Hoprecht
Udo Samel
Bürgermeister Obermüller
Dieter Montag
Kilian
Götz Schubert
von Schlettow
Florian Lukas
Willy Wormser
Alexander Beyer
Melder
Marlene Marlow
Lieschen
