The Captain
“Follow the leader”
WarDramaHistory
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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A chilling, starkly shot examination of desperation and the seductive nature of power in the dying days of war. It feels like a grim historical document, observing a man consumed by a stolen uniform and the authority it grants him.
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prisonerdesertionnazi officerimpersonatorblack and whitearmy captainthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)1940s
