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I Was a Criminal(Movie, 1941)

1h 11min | Genres: Drama, Drama
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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. ()
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About I Was a Criminal

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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: German (DE)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 2 languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 01/01/1945
Director: Richard Oswald
Screenwriter: Albrecht Joseph
Film Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Director of Photography: John Alton
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Passport to Heaven"
"The Captain from Köpenick"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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