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The Captain from Köpenick is a american film of genre Drama directed by Richard Oswald released in USA on 1 january 1945 with Albert Bassermann

The Captain from Köpenick (1945)

The Captain from Köpenick
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Released in USA 1 january 1945
Length 1h11
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy-drama
Rating74% 3.746263.746263.746263.746263.74626

The Captain from Köpenick, also known as I Was a Criminal and Passport to Heaven, is a 1941 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.

Synopsis

Shoemaker Wilhelm Voigt is released from prison after many years of hard labor. His freedom is new to him and, as he tries to navigate this strange new world, he promptly finds himself in the midst of a Prussian catch-22: To get a residence permit (passport), he must have a job, but he can only get a job if he has a residence permit. No one in the Prussian-German bureaucracy feels compelled to help him, everything must go by the book. To escape this vicious circle, out of desperation Voigt breaks into a police station to forge the much needed permit.

Actors

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)
And :
Luis Alberni
Wallis Clark
Elsa Bassermann
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