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The Captain

Name: The Captain
Director: Robert Schwentke
Genre: War, Drama, History
Released: 2018-02-02
Cast: Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Alexander Fehling, Britta Hammelstein

WarDramaHistory

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.

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Cast

Max HubacherMilan PeschelFrederick LauAlexander FehlingBritta HammelsteinWaldemar KobusSebastian RudolphMarko DyrlichAlexander HörbeSascha Alexander GeršakBlerim DestaniHaymon Maria Buttinger

Director

Robert Schwentke

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