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
as Wilhelm Voigt
Elisabeth Trissenaar
as Mathilde Obermüller
Katharina Thalbach
as Marie Hoprecht
Rolf Hoppe
as Zuchthausdirektor
Hark Bohm
as Kriminalinspektor Schmude
Jürgen Hentsch
as Kriminaldirektor Mehlhorn
Sophie Rois
as Mieze
Hermann Beyer
as Friedrich Hoprecht
Udo Samel
as Bürgermeister Obermüller
Dieter Montag
as Kilian
Götz Schubert
as von Schlettow
Florian Lukas
as Willy Wormser
