The Captain
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Synopsis
Written and directed by Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, RED), this German-language drama is based on an incredible and disturbing true story from the final weeks of World War II. When a fleeing German army deserter stumbles across an abandoned Nazi captain’s uniform, his discovery proves to be more than just a handy disguise. Instead, he unlocks a seductively powerful and ultimately monstrous new role to play – and it’s one he excels at. Soon he’s acting like a Nazi captain in truth, taking command of a camp and doling out “justice” the hard way… all while claiming that his authority comes straight from the Führer himself.
Cast
- Max Hubacher
- Milan Peschel
- Frederick Lau
- Bernd Hölscher
- Waldemar Kobus
- Alexander Fehling
- Samuel Finzi
- Wolfram Koch
- Eugénie Anselin
- Hendrik Arnst
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The stark beauty of Florian Ballhaus’s black-and-white cinematography and painterly framing can’t conceal the ugliness that unfolds as the death toll mounts and Herold starts to believe his own grotesque creation.
The central premise is arresting, as is the style, but there's a lot more that could have been done with it than just show how one ill-defined individual instantly opts to join his country's lowest form of life.
Filmed in black and white in the wintry countryside of Görlitz, Germany, Schwentke’s vision of a man who would be posthumously named the Executioner of Emsland is chilling and yet, at times, almost farcical.