The Captain (2018)

★ 7.2 1h 58m 501 votes IMDb
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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.

The Captain

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Cast

Max Hubacher
Max Hubacher as Herold Age 32 · Bern, Switzerland
Milan Peschel
Milan Peschel as Freytag Age 58 · Berlin, Germany Milan Peschel (born January 17, 1968, in East Berlin) is a German actor and director. Peschel was born in East Berlin to a teacher and a fashion journalist, and he grew up in the city districts of Li...
Frederick Lau
Frederick Lau as Kipinski Age 36 · Berlin, Germany Frederick Lau (born August 17, 1989, in West Berlin) is a German actor. He is a Grimme Award recipient and a two-time winner of the German Film Award..
Alexander Fehling
Alexander Fehling as Junker Age 45 · Berlin, Germany Alexander Fehling was born on March 29, 1981 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Labyrinth of Lies (2014) and Homeland (2011)..
Britta Hammelstein
Britta Hammelstein as Gerda Age 44 · Friedberg, Hessen, Germany
Waldemar Kobus
Waldemar Kobus as Hansen Age 60 · Szczytno, Warminsko-Mazurskie, Poland Waldemar Kobus (born 1966 in Szczytno [Ortelsburg], Poland) is a German actor. Waldemar Kobus immigrated to Germany from Poland in 1970 as an ethnic German repatriate and grew up in Düren. Following...
Director Robert Schwentke
Cast Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Alexander Fehling, Britta Hammelstein, Waldemar Kobus, Sebastian Rudolph, Marko Dyrlich, Alexander Hörbe, Sascha Alexander Geršak

Audience Reviews

SWITCH. 9/10 May 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

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https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-captain-horror-nihilism-and-dark-humour

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