Movie

The Captain (2018)

Der Hauptmann

118 min

• War
• Drama
• History

Director

Robert Schwentke

Released

February 2, 2018

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Max Hubacher
• Milan Peschel
• Frederick Lau
• Alexander Fehling
• Britta Hammelstein
• Waldemar Kobus
• Sebastian Rudolph
• Marko Dyrlich
• Alexander Hörbe
• Sascha Alexander Geršak
• Blerim Destani
• Haymon Maria Buttinger

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