The Captain of Nakara (2011)

Directed by

Bob Nyanja

Genre

comedy film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 27m

Rating

3.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A small-time criminal pretends to be an army captain and uses the disguise to pull off a scheme. The film adapts a classic German play to a modern Kenyan setting.

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What happens

The Captain of Nakara is a 2012 Kenyan comedy film. It is an adaption of the German play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer, itself based on the life story of Wilhelm Voigt, a small-time criminal who posed as a Hauptmann (Captain) in Berlin in 1906. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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