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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 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.
Original Release
01/01/1945
US Release
01/01/1945
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
George Chandler | Kallenberg |
Luis Alberni | Prison Guard |
Wallis Clark | Friedrich Hoprecht |
Elsa Bassermann | Mrs. Marie Hoprecht |
Claud Allister | First Railroad Employee |
Bernard Gorcey | Second Railroad Employee |
Directors
Writers
Ivan Goff, Albrecht Joseph, Carl Zuckmayer
Cast
Name | Character |
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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 |
George Chandler | Kallenberg |
Luis Alberni | Prison Guard |
Wallis Clark | Friedrich Hoprecht |
Elsa Bassermann | Mrs. Marie Hoprecht |
Claud Allister | First Railroad Employee |
Bernard Gorcey | Second Railroad Employee |
Hobart Cavanaugh | Rosenkrantz, the Treasurer |
Frank McGlynn Sr. | Prison Warden |
Frank Orth | Knoll, the Factory Personnel Manager |
Sig Arno | Krakauer, the Second-Hand Dealer |
Russell Hicks | Police Commisioner |
Sheldon Bennett | (as Seldon Bennett) |
Richard Alexander | 1st Passport Official |
Vera Lewis | |
Walter O. Stahl | |
Brian O'Hara |
Producers
Name | Role |
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John Hall | Producer |