Country:Germany, 118 minutes
Spoken languages:German
Genres:Drama, War, History
Director(s):Robert Schwentke
Number: 1046
Storyline:
The Captain follows Willi Herold (Max Hubacher), a German army deserter who stumbles across an abandoned Nazi captain's uniform during the last, desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he stole only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whosoever that happens to be. A parade of fresh atrocities follow in the self-declared captain's wake, and serve as a profound reminder of the consequences of social conformity and untrammeled political power. Simultaneously a historical docudrama, a tar-black comedy, and a sociological treatise, The Captain presents fascism as a pathetic pyramid scheme, a system to be gamed by the most unscrupulous and hollow-souled.
Cast:
Max Hubacher (as Willi Herold), Milan Peschel (as Freytag), Frederick Lau (as Kipinski), Waldemar Kobus (as Hansen), Alexander Fehling (as Junker)