The Captain poster
Director Robert Schwentke
Writer Robert Schwentke

The Captain

Original Title: Der Hauptmann

Tagline: Follow the leader

Release Date: 2018-02-02

Duration: 118 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Milan Peschel
    Freytag
  • Jörn Hentschel
    Farmer
  • Max Hubacher
    Herold
  • Jan Georg Schütte
    Oberfeldwebel
  • Sascha Alexander Geršak
    Sichner
  • Alexander Hörbe
    Schnabel Wirt
  • Alexander Fehling
    Junker
  • Waldemar Kobus
    Hansen
  • Eugenie Anselin
    Irmgard
  • Sebastian Rudolph
    Corporal Paul