The Captain

Watch: The Captain

7/27/20181h 58m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ Follow the leader ~

Overview:

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.

Director:

Robert Schwentke

Status:

Released

Language:

German

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

prisoner
desertion
nazi officer
impersonator
black and white
army captain
third reich (iii reich 1933-45)
1940s

Cast

Max Hubacher

~ as ~

Herold

Milan Peschel

~ as ~

Freytag

Frederick Lau

~ as ~

Kipinski

Alexander Fehling

~ as ~

Junker

Britta Hammelstein

~ as ~

Gerda

Waldemar Kobus

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Hansen

Sebastian Rudolph

~ as ~

Corporal Paul

Marko Dyrlich

~ as ~

Brockhoff

Alexander Hörbe

~ as ~

Schnabel Wirt

Sascha Alexander Geršak

~ as ~

Sichner

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Reviews (1)

SWITCH.
Written 6 year(s) ago
9
Far from being blockbuster slop that slides from mind an hour after it ends, Robert Schwentke’s first independent feature makes me want to seek out his earlier German films, like ‘Tattoo’ and ‘Eierdiebe’. ‘The Captain’ is a thoughtful, brutal and morbidly amusing study of the corrupting nature of power and the rise of evil.
- Jake Watt
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