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The Captain
UNITED STATES · 2018

The Captain

Robert Schwentke
authority and obedience identity and deception Nazi Germany moral corruption power and manipulation
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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.

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