Der Hauptmann Plot
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.
Der Hauptmann Cast
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as Herold -
as Freytag -
as Kipinski -
as Brockhoff -
as Claasen -
as Corporal Paul -
as Dahler-Kaufmann -
as Dr. Kremer -
as Erika -
as Gerda
Der Hauptmann Latest Trailers
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Der Hauptmann - The Captain - Official trailer (2018)
User Review
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I’ll try to avoid spoilers:
The Captain made me feel uncomfortable, and for this type of film, that is a good thing. You will not sit there feeling good & that is how it should come across, we should rightly feel uncomfortable.
Based on a true story towards the end of World War 2, these types of events happened & the film pulls no punches in showing how a man can lose every bit of humanity, every bit of compassion, his soul - the descent into savagery, even against fellow comrades, those that did not expose him, was total.
If you have seen Das Boot (if not hunt it down), The Captain portrays a similar air of war claustrophobia, Das Boot was a... |
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