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UNITED STATES · 2018
The Captain
Synopsis
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
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authority and obedience · identity and deception · Nazi Germany · moral corruption · power and manipulation
