The Captain

2017 · Directed by Robert Schwentke · 118 min · drama film, war film

★ 7.2/10 · 524 ratings on TMDB

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. 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.