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"Der Hauptmann von Köln" is a DEFA propaganda comedy movie that deals with faschist networks in postwar West-Germany. Main character is the waiter Hans Albert Hauptmann who accidentally runs into a meeting of ex-Wehrmacht combatants. They mistake him with a high nazi officer and he is considered to be just returned from his exile in Argentina. He does not clarify his identity since they offer him food and a hotelroom and treat him with some dignity. Later it turns out that the soldier they mistake him for was responsible for the killing of several hostages and burning a village down. But being a 'real' Nazi-criminal, he realizes, does get him even more attention and support and so he starts to exploit the misunderstanding further...