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It’s two weeks before the end of the war, and the Third Reich is unravelling. Deserters are pillaging and stealing in order to survive. One of them, Willi Herold (Max Hubacher), his face scabbed with crusted mud, stumbles upon an officer’s uniform in an abandoned truck. He puts it on. And immediately his bearing changes. The uniform brings him status and power, both of which he discovers a taste for. But if clothes maketh the man, in this case they make him a monster. Emboldened by the opportunistic soldiers who attach themselves to him, he embarks on a precarious game of brinksmanship, brutally raising the stakes every time it looks like he might be discovered.
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Cast:
Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Alexander Fehling -
Original Title:
Der Hauptmann -
Country:
Germany, France, Poland -
Year:
2017 - 118'
Director
Robert Schwentke
Born and raised in Germany, Schwentke studied comparative literature and philosophy before attending the directing program at the American Film Institute.
ROBERT SCHWENTKE was already an award-winning director in his native Germany when he made his American film debut with the 2005 thriller Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster. From there he went on to direct Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in The Time Traveler’s Wife, after which he helmed the hit feature film RED starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren in 2010. He most recently directed the Jeff Bridges-starring R.I.P.D.
Recently, Schwentke directed Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016), episodes of the Divergent Series, a trilogy based on the Veronica Roth book series.
ROBERT SCHWENTKE was already an award-winning director in his native Germany when he made his American film debut with the 2005 thriller Flightplan, starring Jodie Foster. From there he went on to direct Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams in The Time Traveler’s Wife, after which he helmed the hit feature film RED starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren in 2010. He most recently directed the Jeff Bridges-starring R.I.P.D.
Recently, Schwentke directed Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016), episodes of the Divergent Series, a trilogy based on the Veronica Roth book series.
