Albert Hauptmann is an out of work waiter in Cologne who is often confused with a former Captain of the Nazi Army. Albert uses this to his advantage and becomes the Director of the Montan Corporation, and a member of the West German Parliament. Herr Karjanke, the real Captain, learns of Albert’s ruse, and wants to claim his "rightful" position in Parliament. But Karjanke cannot come forward until his politicking "Doppelganger" succeeds in passing an amnesty law for war criminals. When Albert is finally brought before a judge on charges of fraud, he learns that this own amnesty law does not apply to him.
Rolf Ludwig
Erwin Geschonneck
Else Wolz
Christel Bodenstein
Kurt Steingraf
Manfred Borges
Ruth Baldor
Marie-Luise Etzel
Johannes Arpe
Hans W. Hamacher
Horst Koch
Herbert Körbs
Heinrich Gies
Johannes Curth
Peter Kiwitt
Ingo Osterloh
Peter Marx
Herbert Richter
Wolf Goette
Horst Lommatzsch
Hella Jansen
Wolf von Beneckendorff
Heinz Voss
Hubert Suschka
Heinz Hinze
Harry Riebauer
Hermann Kiessner
Trude Brentina
Werner Röwekamp
Hannjo Hasse
Fredy Barten
Rudolf Christoph
Werner Dissel
Eckart Friedrichson
Harry Gillmann
Christa Gottschalk
Wilhelm Gröhl
Adolf Peter Hoffmann
Heinz Isterheil
Heinz Kammer
Herbert Kiper
Otto Krieg Helbig
Hermann Mayer-Falkow
Willi Narloch
Ingeborg Naß
Willi Neuenhahn
Fritz Schlegel
Hermann Stetza
Gustav Trombke
Charles Hans Vogt
Kurt Wenkhaus
Hildegard Wensch
Willi Wietfeldt
Albert Zahn