I Was a Criminal (1941)

8.0/10 • 71 min • Drama

Overview

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.

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

Recommendations

The One That Got Away
All Quiet on the Western Front
Taking Sides
Hands of Stone
The Most Hated Woman in America
Nuremberg
The Long Voyage Home
Field of Lost Shoes
When Trumpets Fade
Walking with the Enemy
Waiting for Anya
The Book Thief
Come Sunday
Operation Crossbow
O.G.
The Last Rifleman
Nothing Personal
The Scarlet and the Black
Invincible
The Young One