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- "The Captain," a new film from German director Robert Schwentke (best-known for his Hollywood thrillers "RED," "Flightplan," and entries in the "Divergent" series), is based on the true story of the fake officer whose atrocities earned him the nickname "The Executioner of Emsland."
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Jul 27, 2018 · “The Captain” is based on the real-life story of Willi Herold, who was separated from his regiment during the German army’s retreat back to its home company and, upon assuming the identity of a captain, came upon a prison camp where he ordered the execution of more than 100 inmates.
It tells the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps.
Sep 12, 2018 · Based on the astonishing true story of Pvt. Willi Herold, a teenage deserter from the German army 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.
Jul 26, 2018 · The film is based on the true story of a private who portrayed a Nazi captain and embarked on a brutal odyssey at the end of World War II.
- Robert Schwentke
- 2 min
With Max Hubacher, Alexander Fehling, Sebastian Rudolph, Max Thommes. In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.
THE CAPTAIN: Watch Now On Digital, Blu-ray, and DVD |On the morning of May 14th, Airbus flight A319 is thrown into a state of panic when the cockpit windshie...
- 2 min
- 1.4M
- Well Go USA Entertainment
