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Germany, 1945. 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. 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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| Homepage | http://www.derhauptmann-film.de/ |
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| Release Date | 2018-02-02 |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Directors | Robert Schwentke, Florian Ballhaus, Julien Weizenhöfer, Christian Hoyer, Simon Aschenbrenner, Arianna Singhania |
| Producers | Markus Barmettler, Paulo Branco, Piotr Dzięcioł, Felix Eisele, Marcel Greive, Heino Herrenbrück, Daniel Hetzer, Philip Lee, Julia M. Müller, Jakob Neuhäusser, Kay Niessen, Ewa Puszczyńska, Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti, Stefan Brenner, Stefan Schorer, Paulo Branco |
| Writer | Robert Schwentke |
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
— SWITCH.