THE CAPTAIN
by Robert Schwentke
synopsis
In the last moments of World War II, a 19 year old private, ragged and starving, steals a captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer he gathers a group of deserters and proceeds to kill and plunder his way through a beaten Nazi Germany.
| international title: | The Captain |
| original title: | Der Hauptmann |
| country: | Germany, France, Poland |
| sales agent: | Alfama Films |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Robert Schwentke |
| film run: | 118' |
| release date: | DE 15/03/2018, FR 21/03/2018, NL 17/05/2018, ES 21/09/2018, PL 22/03/2019 |
| screenplay: | Robert Schwentke |
| cast: | Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Bernd Hölscher, Waldemar Kobus, Alexander Fehling, Samuel Finzi, Wolfram Koch, Blerim Destani, Britta Hammelstein |
| cinematography by: | Florian Ballhaus |
| film editing: | Michal Czarnecki |
| art director: | Harald Turzer, Jurek Kuttner |
| music: | Martin Todsharow |
| producer: | Frieder Schlaich |
| co-producer: | Paulo Branco, Piotr Dzieciol, Marcel Greive, Ewa Puszczynska |
| executive producer: | Markus Barmettler, Daniel Hetzer, Philip Lee, Kay Niessen |
| associate producer: | Julia M. Müller |
| line producer: | Felix Eisele, Heino Herrenbrück, Jakob Neuhäusser, Irene von Alberti |
| production: | Filmgalerie 451, Alfama Films, Opus Film |
| distributor: | Weltkino Filmverleih Gmbh, Alfama Films, Karma Films, Aurora Films |