The Captain (2017)

Original title

Der Hauptmann

Directed by

Robert Schwentke

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Germany, France

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 500 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During World War Two, a German soldier finds a captain's uniform and uses it to impersonate an officer. He takes command at a prison camp and orders the execution of fellow soldiers he accuses of desertion.

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What happens

The Captain (German: Der Hauptmann) is a 2017 international co-produced historical drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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