The Captain from Cologne (1956)

Original title

Der Hauptmann von Köln

Directed by

Slatan Dudow

Genre

comedy film

Country

German Democratic Republic, Germany

Runtime

1h 54m

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A man in Cologne pretends to be a former captain to get ahead in life. The film makes fun of the ways people use false status to climb the social ladder.

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What happens

The Captain from Cologne (German: Der Hauptmann von Köln) is an East German film directed by Slatan Dudow. It was released in 1956. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.