
A young shoemaker is arrested for stealing a small amount of money, and is jailed for fifteen years. Upon his release, he wants to get a permit to get a job and start anew, but finds that without a job he can't get a permit, and without a permit he can't get a job. Ensnared in the absurd net of Prussian bureaucracy, he can't see any way out. That is, until he enters a thrift shop and spots a Prussian officer's uniform that fits him like a second skin...
Wilhelm Voigt

Dr. Obermüller

Mathilde Obermüller

Friedrich Hoprecht

Adolph Wormser

Zuchthausdirektor

Capt. von Schlettow

Willy Wormser

Zuchthäusler Kallenberg

Schutzmann Kilian

Wabschke

Marie Hoprecht, Voigts sister
Auguste Viktoria Wormser

Lieschen, das kranke Mädchen

Pleureusenmieze

Kassierer Rosenkranz

Polizist

Prokurist Knell

Zuchthäusler Puhlke

ostpreußischer Grenadier

Soldat
