
The Captain (2017)
Der Hauptmann (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 1h 58min
- Drama, History
- 27 Jul 2018 (USA)
- Movie
In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.
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Awards:
- 23 wins & 19 nominations.
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Cast
Max Hubacher | ... |
Willi Herold
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Alexander Fehling | ... |
Junker
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Sebastian Rudolph | ... |
Gefreiter Paul
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Max Thommes | ... |
Bursche
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Rike Eckermann | ... |
Farmer's Wife
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Jörn Hentschel | ... |
Farmer
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Milan Peschel | ... |
Freytag
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Alexander Hörbe | ... |
Schnabel Wirt
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Ferdinand Dörfler | ... |
Farmer 1
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Harald Warmbrunn | ... |
Farmer 2
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Stefan Feddersen-Clausen | ... |
Deserteur
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Kordian Rekowski | ... |
Totschläger
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Frederick Lau | ... |
Kipinski
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Sebastian Grempka | ... |
Bomber
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Damien Rabjastajn | ... |
Flak Soldat 1
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Sascha Alexander Gersak | ... |
Sichner
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Jakub Sierenberg | ... |
Flak Soldat 2
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Damian Ul | ... |
Feldgendarm
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Marko Dyrlich | ... |
Brockhoff
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Blerim Destani | ... |
Dahler-Kaufmann
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Bernd Hölscher | ... |
Schütte
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Michael Bornhütter | ... |
Gefangener
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Waldemar Kobus | ... |
Hansen
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David Scheller | ... |
Claasen
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Britta Hammelstein | ... |
Gerda Schütte
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Wolfram Koch | ... |
Schneider
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Samuel Finzi | ... |
Roger
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Wieslaw Hormanski | ... |
Schnelder
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Stefan Kolosko | ... |
Peller
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Laurean Wagner | ... |
Linke
(as Christian Wagner)
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Annina Polivka | ... |
Erika
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Samia Muriel Chancrin | ... |
Betty
(as Samia Chancrin)
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Linda Schönherr | ... |
Lucy
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Annika Meier | ... |
Anny
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Shannon Staller | ... |
Jenny
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Eugénie Anselin | ... |
Irmgard
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Ingo Günther | ... |
Klavierspieler
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Jan Georg Schütte | ... |
Oberfelwebel
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Haymon Maria Buttinger | ... |
Dr. Kremer
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Hendrik Arnst | ... |
Konteradmiral Weyher
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Hossein Rahmani Manesh |
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Miroslaw Dusza | ... |
Inner Camp Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Directed by
Robert Schwentke |
Written by
Robert Schwentke | ... | () |
Produced by
Markus Barmettler | ... | executive producer |
Paulo Branco | ... | co-producer |
Piotr Dzieciol | ... | co-producer |
Felix Eisele | ... | line producer |
Marcel Greive | ... | co-producer |
Heino Herrenbrück | ... | line producer |
Daniel Hetzer | ... | executive producer |
Philip Lee | ... | executive producer |
Julia M. Müller | ... | associate producer |
Jakob Neuhäusser | ... | line-producer: preparation |
Kay Niessen | ... | executive producer |
Ewa Puszczynska | ... | co-producer |
Frieder Schlaich | ... | producer |
Irene von Alberti | ... | line producer / producer |
Music by
Martin Todsharow |
Cinematography by
Florian Ballhaus |
Editing by
Michal Czarnecki |
Editorial Department
Krzysztof Korybut Daszkiewicz | ... | assistant editor |
Maja Tennstedt | ... | assembly editor |
Casting By
Anja Dihrberg-Siebler | ... | (as Anja Dihrberg) |
Bady Minck | ... | (additional casting) |
Production Design by
Harald Turzer |
Art Direction by
Jurek Kuttner |
Set Decoration by
Alwara Thaler |
Costume Design by
Magdalena Rutkiewicz | ... | (costumes designed by) (as Magdalena Jadwiga Rutkiewicz-Luterek) |
Makeup Department
Tamar Aviv | ... | prosthetics supplier |
Anna Freund | ... | additional makeup artist |
Gloria Göschel | ... | additional makeup artist |
Grit Hildenbrand | ... | makeup artist |
Doreen Kindler | ... | key makeup artist / makeup artist |
Veronika Knigge | ... | additional makeup artist |
Judith Kröher | ... | makeup artist |
Franziska Maaß | ... | additional makeup artist |
Marcus Michael | ... | makeup artist |
Sarah Neumeier | ... | additional makeup artist |
Hanna Riehm | ... | makeup artist |
Elise Tillmann | ... | additional makeup artist |
Production Management
Dorota Bednarska | ... | administrator: Poland |
Karsten Christoph | ... | set manager |
Heino Herrenbrück | ... | production manager |
Lucja Kedzior-Samodulska | ... | production coordinator: Poland |
Magdalena Malisz | ... | production coordinator: Poland |
Diana Minkenberg | ... | unit manager |
Raoul Peruzzi | ... | production team |
Daniel Schwarz | ... | unit manager |
Aleksandra Skraba | ... | production coordinator: Poland |
Sylwia Szczechowicz-Warszewska | ... | production coordinator: Poland |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Aschenbrenner | ... | second assistant director |
Christian Hoyer | ... | first assistant director |
Arianna Singhania | ... | assistant director |
Dominik Watin | ... | third assistant director |
Art Department
Wojciech Czapla | ... | art department coordinator: Poland |
Philipp Eggert | ... | first assistant scenographer |
Friederike Gast | ... | assistant set decorator |
Maciej Janiszewski | ... | construction foreman: Poland |
Ole Kloss | ... | propmaster |
Julian Knaack | ... | art department trainee |
Michal Pietrzak | ... | construction foreman: Poland |
Catarina Sampaio | ... | graphic designer |
Bart van Lint | ... | assistant pre production Luxembourg |
Harald Voss | ... | stand-by props |
Julien Weizenhöfer | ... | assistant art director |
Sasa Zivkovic | ... | concept artist |
Sound Department
Harald Ansorge | ... | senior audio producer |
André Bendocchi-Alves | ... | sound designer |
Eric Devulder | ... | sound |
Felix Godden | ... | trainee dialogue editor |
Frank Gorgas | ... | additional boom operator |
Martin Langenbach | ... | foley artist |
Sabrina Naumann | ... | dialogue editor |
Laura Plock | ... | foley editor |
Rafael Ridao | ... | boom operator |
Jonathan Ritzel | ... | adr recordist |
Maxim Romasevich | ... | re-recording assistant |
Detlef A. Schitto | ... | sound mixer / sound recordist |
Kuen-Il Song | ... | foley editor |
Martin Steyer | ... | re-recording mixer |
Moritz Unger | ... | adr recordist |
Jascha Viehl | ... | sound effects editor |
Daniel Weis | ... | adr recordist |
Markus Wurster | ... | re-recording mix assistant |
Special Effects by
Michael Rudnik | ... | special effects supervisor |
Andreas Schiller | ... | special effects technician |
Visual Effects by
Stefan Brenner | ... | visual effects producer |
Heiko Burkardsmaier | ... | visual effects executive producer |
Rouven Dombrowski | ... | visual effects set supervisor: Mackevision |
Lukas Fabian | ... | compositing artist: Mackevision |
Francesco Faranna | ... | visual effects bidding producer: Mackevision |
Florian Franke | ... | compositing artist: Mackevision |
Emanuel Fuchs | ... | visual effects artist: Mackevision |
Christian Godzik | ... | senior visual effects artist: Mackevision |
Jörn Großhans | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Timo Hanczuk | ... | compositing artist: Mackevision |
Julian Körrenz | ... | compositing artist: Mackevision |
Peter Lames | ... | compositing artist: Mackevision |
Gus Martinez | ... | senior compositing artist: Mackevision |
Bernd Nalbach | ... | cg supervisor: Mackevision |
Tobias Pfeiffer | ... | visual effects senior editor: Mackevision |
Sebastian Plank | ... | visual effects artist: Mackevision |
Stephan Schaefholz | ... | compositing supervisor: Mackevision |
Stefan Schorer | ... | visual effects producer |
Johannes Weiss | ... | matchmove artist: Mackevision |
Jörg Wohnsiedler | ... | visual effects editor: Mackevision |
Klaus Wuchta | ... | senior compositing artist: Mackevision |
Christian Zilliken | ... | cg supervisor: Mackevision |
Stunts
Marco Albrecht | ... | stunt player |
Jan Böhme | ... | stunts |
Wanja Götz | ... | stunt coordinator |
Thomas Hacikoglu | ... | stunt performer |
Fred Hady | ... | stunt performer |
Steffen Jung | ... | stunt player |
Mike Möller | ... | stunts |
Maik Müller | ... | stunt performer |
Hannes Pastor | ... | stunt performer |
Marno Röder | ... | stunt player |
Gregori Winkowski | ... | Stunt Department Coordinator |
Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Bartz | ... | electrician |
Mathias Beier | ... | rigging gaffer |
Florian Emmerich | ... | a camera operator / steadicam operator |
Florian Geiss | ... | electrician |
Thomas Hübener | ... | remote head technician |
Rafael Jeneral | ... | a camera first assistent |
Tobias Kownatzki | ... | additional first assistant camera: "b" camera |
Daniel Mock | ... | digital imaging technician |
Helmut Prein | ... | additional gaffer |
Christian Scheibe | ... | key grip |
Kaja Styczynska | ... | second assistant camera |
Janosch Voss | ... | gaffer |
Krzysztof Wiktor | ... | still photographer |
Casting Department
Mariusz Chandoha | ... | extras casting: Poland |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robert Adamczyk | ... | assistant costume designer |
Beata Dabska | ... | assistant costume designer |
Agata Drozdowska | ... | assistant costume designer |
Janusz Kowalczyk | ... | tailor |
Robert Kowalczyk | ... | wardrobe |
Ewa Paldyna | ... | assistant costume designer |
Location Management
Ronny Engel | ... | location manager |
Grzegorz Turzanski | ... | locations: Poland |
Music Department
Martin Todsharow | ... | music supervisor |
Script and Continuity Department
Candy Maldonado Agustin | ... | continuity |
Transportation Department
Adam Bacinski | ... | transportation: Poland |
Richard Heinecke | ... | production driver |
Jens Marschalleck | ... | production driver |
Willy Necke | ... | production driver |
Stefan Noebel-Heise | ... | production driver |
Piotr Sybistowicz | ... | transportation: Poland |
Ryszard Wildemann | ... | transportation: Poland |
Additional Crew
Patrick Dielefeld | ... | assistant set manager |
Caroline Dietze | ... | production coordinater / production coordinator |
Ingo Fischer | ... | rights and clearances |
Anja Knobloch | ... | set runner |
Felix Meinhardt | ... | talent coordinator |
Julia M. Müller | ... | production assistant |
Hagen Rohling | ... | set runner |
Rafal Turzanski | ... | runner: Poland |
Bart van Lint | ... | assistant to pre production art direction |
Kamil Wanego | ... | runner: Poland |
Thanks
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu | ... | special thanks |
Bady Minck | ... | special thanks |
Matthew Wilder | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
- Filmgalerie 451
- Alfama Films
- Opus Film
- Hands-on Producers
- Eurimages
- Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej (co-financed by)
- Worst Case Entertainment
Distributors
- Manymore Films (2018) (Norway) (Manymore AS)
- Albatros Film (2019) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Alfama Films (2018) (France) (theatrical)
- Aurora Films (2019) (Poland) (theatrical)
- Karma Films (2018) (Spain) (theatrical)
- Leopardo Filmes (2018) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Music Box Films (2018) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
- Palace Films (2019) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Signature Entertainment (2018) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Splendid Film (2018) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Star Channel Movies (2019) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Synca Creations (2019) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) (2019) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Weird Wave (2019) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Weltkino Filmverleih (2018) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Alfama Films (2018) (France) (Blu-ray)
- Alfama Films (2018) (France) (DVD)
- Elokuvapalvelu J. Suomalainen (2019) (Finland) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Karma Films (2018) (Spain) (Blu-ray)
- Karma Films (2018) (Spain) (DVD)
- Leonine Studios (2021) (Germany) (Ultra HD Blu-ray)
- Mares Filmes (2021) (Brazil)
- Music Box Films (2019) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- Music Box Films (2019) (United States) (DVD)
- Signature Entertainment (2018) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2018) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2018) (Germany) (DVD)
- Yleisradio (YLE) (2020) (Finland) (tv)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Aurélien Plancher (post-production facilities)
- BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion (post-production facilities)
- BASIS BERLIN Postproduktion (post-production sound services)
- Ernst Leitz Wetzlar (manufacturer: Leitz THALIA and SUMMILUX-C lenses)
- Milan Records (soundtrack)
- Sofa Digital Media (aggregator)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
During the final weeks of the Third Reich, an army deserter stumbles across an abandoned Nazi captain's uniform. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit which he stole only to stay warm, he discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whosoever that happens to be. Written by Music Box Films |
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Taglines | Follow the Leader See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Budget | EUR5,800,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The song that the German sing before being executed by a Flak gun is called Westerwaldlied which was a popular German folk song. See more » |
Goofs | Some German soldiers have a skull painted on their helmet. This specific type of skull decal was used by a Finnish army unit (1st battalion, infantry regiment 46) in the continuation war 1941-1944. A famous colorized photo of three Finnish soldiers in a trench wearing this sort helmet decal of is often incorrectly associated with Germans or the SS. See more » |
Crazy Credits | The end credits show "Task Force Herold" marching through present day Germany and interrogating unsuspecting civilians. See more » |
Quotes |
Willi Herold:
My father always said, "If you've done something wrong, then at least admit it." See more » |