
'TheCaptainofKöpenick'isatruestorythatcouldonlyhavehappenedinGermany,wheretheauthorityofauniformwasobeyedwithoutquestion有一天,暮然回首,你会发现,那个给你许多痛苦的人,却也是你的救赎。《借东西的小人阿莉埃蒂》 In1906,anobscureTilsitercobblernamedWilhelmVoigt(1849-1922)purchasedthesecond-handuniformofaPrussianinfantrycaptain.Wearingthis,hetravelledtotheboroughofKöpenickandorderedatroopofguardsmentoplacethemselvesunderhiscommand.Hethendeclaredthetownhalltobeundermilitarylaw,orderingthearrestofthemayorandtreasurerandconfiscatingallthefundsintheexchequer.(Inthisversionit's4,000deutschemarks,atidysum.)NoneofVoigt'sorderswerequestioned,andhegotawaywiththedosh.Whenhewaseventuallycaught,theGermanpeopleregardedVoigt'simpostureasajollyhoaxthatprickedthepomposityofpettybureaucrats.AlthoughVoigtwasclearlymotivatedbyunlawfulfinancialgain,heemergedfromtheaffairasafolkhero. Thisfilmisbasedonastageadaptationoftheoriginalincident;
