The Captain

You're a Wehrmacht deserter in the Third Reich's final days. You find an abandoned Nazi officer's uniform and try it on, but people begin mistaking you for a captain. Schwentke finds the humor in wartime atrocities. The film lingers on the banality of power.

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Robert Schwentke directed The Captain in 2018. See Robert Schwentke's full filmography, where to start with Robert Schwentke, or where to go after you've seen everything by Robert Schwentke.

The Captain was released in 2018 (DE original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.