I Was a Criminal (1945)
71 min
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.
- Release date
- January 1, 1941
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Albert Bassermann as Wilhelm Voight, a Shoemaker
- Mary Brian as Frau Obermueller, the Mayor's Wife
- Eric Blore as Obermueller, the Mayor
- Herman Bing as Kilian, City Hall Guard
- George Chandler as Kallenberg
- Luis Alberni as Prison Guard
- Wallis Clark as Friedrich Hoprecht
- Elsa Bassermann as Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
- Claud Allister as First Railroad Employee
- Bernard Gorcey as Second Railroad Employee
Crew
- Richard Oswald · Director
- Ivan Goff · Writer
- Albrecht Joseph · Writer
- Carl Zuckmayer · Writer
- John Hall · Producer
- Daniele Amfitheatrof · Composer
- John Alton · Cinematographer
- Dorothy Spencer · Editor