I Was a Criminal

I Was a Criminal — Plot

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
• Runtime
• 71 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Richard Oswald

I Was a Criminal — Cast

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