The Captain

2018 • 1h 58m •

War Drama History

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★ 7.2/10

524 reviews

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Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a 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.

"Follow the leader"

Top Billed Cast

Max Hubacher

Herold

Milan Peschel

Freytag

Frederick Lau

Kipinski

Alexander Fehling

Junker

Britta Hammelstein

Gerda

Waldemar Kobus

Hansen

Sebastian Rudolph

Corporal Paul

Marko Dyrlich

Brockhoff

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

S SWITCH. Verified TMDB Critic

2019-05-30

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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