The Captain

About The Captain

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich.

The Captain (2018) is a history war film directed by Robert Schwentke. It runs 118 minutes and was released in February 2018.

Max Hubacher appears as Herold, Milan Peschel as Freytag, Frederick Lau as Kipinski, and Alexander Fehling as Junker. Written by Robert Schwentke.

Shelv files it under prisoner, desertion, nazi officer, and third reich (iii reich 1933-45). It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Brew in the United States.

Enemy at the Gates, The Great Escape, and The Zone of Interest make useful companions to The Captain, all filed under 1940s and world war ii. It scores 7.2 out of 10 from 532 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.