The Captain
Follow the leader
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.
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
Shannon Staller
Jenny
Samuel Finzi
Roger
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Storyline
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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