I Was a Criminal (1941)
January 1, 1941Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
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
Richard Oswald
Director
George Chandler
Kallenberg
John Alton
Director of Photography
Details.
This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
The Captain from Köpenick, also known as I Was a Criminal and Passport to Heaven, is a 1945 American comedy film 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.
The Captain from Köpenick was Oswald's second film version of the story; the first was a 1931 German film also called The Captain from Köpenick. In the intervening years Oswald had fled Nazi Germany for France, then the United States; this was his first American film. It was completed in 1941, but due to difficulty finding a distributor, it was not released until 1945.