I Was a Criminal (1941)
Aka Passport to Heaven. In Prussia shoemaker Voight needs a residence permit to get a job, but can only get a job if he already has a permit. He dons a captain's uniform to order a platoon of soldiers to Koepenick to take over the Town Hall to get his permit.
- Date of release
- 1941-01-01
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Richard Oswald
Casting
- Albert Bassermann — Wilhelm Voight, a Shoemaker
- Mary Brian — Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
- Eric Blore — Obermueller, the Mayor
- Herman Bing — Kilian, City Hall Guard
- Elsa Bassermann — Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
Interesting facts
The Captain from Köpenick, also known as I Was a Criminal and Passport to Heaven, is a 1945 American film drama directed by Richard Oswald and based upon the 1931 play The Captain of Köpenick by Carl Zuckmayer and Albright Joseph. The play was based on the true story of Wilhelm Voigt, a German ex-convict who masqueraded as a Prussian military officer in 1906 and became famous as the Captain of Köpenick.
Production
The American Film Institute quotes PM's Weekly as citing the budget at $350,000.
The Charleston Daily Mail reported that The Captain Of Koepenick is in production a second time, but although "Oswald is attempting to make the film exactly as before ... now none of his German comics can open their mouths without uttering something with a political meaning. They say what they said in 1931, but their every utterance is fraught with ideals. Still, Albert Bassermann plays a captain in uniform magnificently.
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