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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release2018

Runtime1h 58m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Filmgalerie 451

Alfama Films

Opus Film

Facing East

Worst Case Entertainment

hands-on producers

Maria Films

Movie

The Captain

2018

1h 58m

7.2

War

Drama

History

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.

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