The Captain

2018 • 119 minutes

About this movie

Based on the astonishing true story of a teenage German solider whose sadism would eventually earn him the nickname of the Executioner of Emsland. The Captain picks up two weeks before the end of the war. A petrified soldier, fleeing military police, finds a Nazi captain's uniform to wear and avoid execution. Thus disguised and high on the terrifying charisma of his clothing, he invents a secret mission from the Führer and embarks on a brutal odyssey of torture and slaughter. Directed by Robert Schwentke (The Time Travelers Wife, Flight Plan and Red).

Ratings and reviews

I haven't fact checked the story. It is a really well screwed together film. Good direction and acting. A tale of blue on blue atrocities committed by a hapless come evil young German and the band he accumulates along the way, in the days before the end of war in Europe. There's always something happening in it and I was genuinely shocked and moved by some of the scenes. Not your typical WWII film. Well worth a watch.

Brilliant fact based film enjoyable start to finish recommend if you don't mind subtitles.