War · Drama
The Captain
Follow the leader
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.
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Top 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
Directed by
Robert Schwentke
Production
Filmgalerie 451
Alfama Films
Opus FilmReviews
SWITCH.
9/105/30/2019
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 Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-captain-horror-nihilism-and-dark-humour
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