The Captain(2018)

1h 58m

Release Date: Jul 27, 2018 | Limited

In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.

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Director & Top Cast

Robert Schwentke
Director

Max Hubacher
Willi Herold

Alexander Fehling
Junker

Sebastian Rudolph
Gefreiter Paul

Max Thommes
Bursche

Rike Eckermann
Farmer's Wife

Jörn Hentschel

Farmer

Milan Peschel

Freytag

Alexander Hörbe

Schnabel Wirt

Ferdinand Dörfler

Farmer 1

Harald Warmbrunn

Farmer 2

Stefan Feddersen-Clausen

Deserteur

Kordian Rekowski

Totschläger

Frederick Lau

Kipinski

Sebastian Grempka

Bomber

Damien Rabjastajn

Flak Soldat 1

Sascha Alexander Gersak

Sichner

Jakub Sierenberg

Flak Soldat 2

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital,DTS

Aspect Ratio: 2.35 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: Germany,France,Poland,Portugal,China

Language: German

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During the final weeks of the Third Reich, an army deserter stumbles across an abandoned Nazi captain's uniform. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit which he stole only to stay warm, he discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whosoever that happens to be. — Music Box Films As the second works East draws to a close, a mass desertions and disorder follows. Willi Herold's one such deserter, who's on the run when he comes across the uniform of a Luftwaffe captain. Impersonating a captain he gathers together a r eclectic group who assume the role of an anti-deserter/looter task force. Things come to a head when he's given responsibility for a camp where deserters, looters etc are detained, with dire consequences. — grantss 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 in 1945. 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.