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Far from being blockbuster slop that slides from mind an hour after it ends, Robert Schwentke’s first independent feature makes me want to seek out his earlier German films, like ‘Tattoo’ and ‘Eierdiebe’. ‘The Captain’ is a thoughtful, brutal and morbidly amusing study of the cor…
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The Captain
“Follow the leader”
72%
Movie
1h 58m
AI Analysis
The Captain (2018) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Captain (2018) — a movie tagged as War, Drama, and History with epic moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: 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, whoeve… Our models also surface themes such as ai and war from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~118 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Captain 72% (497 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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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.
Quick facts
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2018-02-02
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- TMDB rating
- 7.2
- TMDB ID
- 475094
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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... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
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The official runtime for The Captain is approximately 118 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Max Hubacher
Herold
Milan Peschel
Freytag
Frederick Lau
Kipinski
Alexander Fehling
Junker
Britta Hammelstein
Gerda
Waldemar Kobus
Hansen
Sebastian Rudolph
Corporal Paul
Marko Dyrlich
Brockhoff
Alexander Hörbe
Schnabel Wirt
Sascha Alexander Geršak
Sichner
Blerim Destani
Dahler-Kaufmann
Haymon Maria Buttinger
Dr. Kremer
Eugenie Anselin
Irmgard
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Shannon Staller
Jenny
Samuel Finzi
Roger
Wolfram Koch
Schneider
Bernd Hölscher
Schütte
Annina Polivka
Erika
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Far from being blockbuster slop that slides from mind an hour after it ends, Robert Schwentke’s first independent feature makes me want to seek out his earlier German films, like ‘Tattoo’ and ‘Eierdiebe’. ‘The Captain’ is a thoughtful, brutal and morbidly amusing study of the corrupting nature of power and the rise of evil. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-captain-horror-nihilism-and-dark-humour
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