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Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Artist: Gustav Schönwald
Author: Gustav Schönwald
Label: Beka Grand
Year: 1906
Spoken word recording telling the incredible story of Wilhelm Voigt (1849-1922), a petty thief and fabulist who managed to lure the entire militia of this German town, mis-using the Prusian befehl ist befehl ethos under Kaiser Wilhelm II, pretending he from now on was the Hauptmann to be reckoned with. A true story spreading through Germany and first filmed (silent) in 1906, which this oral 78 was supposed to help promote. There's a life-sized bronze statue of the Hauptmann near the entrance of Köpenick's (new spelling) historic city hall.
Covers:
Drafi Deutscher [hit GER as Der Hauptmann von Köpenick; music written by producer Christian Brühn]
Cocktail Trio [same music under De Jongens Uit Nigtevecht]
Normaal [as De Hoofdman Was Knuppeldik]
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)