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Summary

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.

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

Alexander Hörbe

Schnabel Wirt

Sascha Alexander Geršak

Sichner

Blerim Destani

Dahler-Kaufmann

Haymon Maria Buttinger

Dr. Kremer

Eugenie Anselin

Irmgard

Shannon Staller

Jenny

Samuel Finzi

Roger

Wolfram Koch

Schneider

Bernd Hölscher

Schütte

Annina Polivka

Erika

David Scheller

Claasen

Hendrik Arnst

Weyher

Harald Warmbrunn

Farmer

Jörn Hentschel

Farmer

Rike Eckermann

Farmer's Wife

Jan Georg Schütte

Oberfeldwebel

Laurean Wagner

Linke

Stefan Feddersen-Clausen

Deserteur

Kordian Rekowski

Sebastian Grempka

Damien Rabjastajn

Jakub Sierenberg

Damian Ul

Michael Bornhütter

Prisoner

Wieslaw Hormanski

Stefan Kolosko

Samia Chancrin

Betty

Linda Schönherr

Lucy

Annika Meier

Anny

Ingo Günther

Piano player

Crew

Director, Writer

Robert Schwentke

Reviews

maketheSWITCH

May 30, 2019

9

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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