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The Captain

Follow the leader

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The Captain — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • February 2, 2018
  • Runtime
  • 118 min
  • Genres
  • War, Drama, History
  • Director
  • Robert Schwentke

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The Captain — Cast

Max Hubacher photo Max Hubacher Herold Milan Peschel photo Milan Peschel Freytag Frederick Lau photo Frederick Lau Kipinski Alexander Fehling photo Alexander Fehling Junker Britta Hammelstein photo Britta Hammelstein Gerda Waldemar Kobus photo Waldemar Kobus Hansen Sebastian Rudolph photo Sebastian Rudolph Corporal Paul Marko Dyrlich photo Marko Dyrlich Brockhoff

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