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form y separately published work icon I Was A Criminal single work   film/TV   crime   historical fiction  
Alternative title: Captain of Kopenick; Passport to Heaven; Great Awakening
Adaptation of Der Hauptmann von Köpenick Albrecht Joseph , Carl Zuckmayer , 1931 single work film/TV
Issue Details: First known date: 1945... 1945 I Was A Criminal
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Film Details - John Hall Productions , 1945

Producers:

John Hall.

Production Companies:

John Hall Productions.

Director of Photography:

John Alton.

Editors:

Dorothy Spencer.

Music:

Daniele Amfitheatrof.

Cast:

Including 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 Orth (Knoll, the Factory Personnel Manager), Sig Arno (Krakauer, the Second-Hand Dealer), and Russell Hicks (Police Commisioner).

Release Dates:

1 January 1945 (USA).

Settings:
  • c
    Germany,
    c
    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1906
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