---
title: 'The Captain (2017)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Schwentke'
released: '2017-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-captain-2017'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6763252/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Captain (2017)

2017 · 118 min · Drama, War · Germany, France

Original title: Der Hauptmann

## Synopsis

The Captain is a 2017 international co-produced historical drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Schwentke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-schwentke)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Schwentke](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-schwentke)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Martin Todsharow](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-todsharow)
- **Producer:** [Frieder Schlaich](https://cinepixo.com/people/frieder-schlaich), [Irene von Alberti](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-von-alberti)
- **Director of Photography:** [Florian Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-ballhaus)

## Cast

- [Britta Hammelstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/britta-hammelstein) as Gerda Schütte
- [Waldemar Kobus](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-kobus) as Hansen
- [Bernd Hölscher](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernd-holscher) as Schütte
- [Alexander Fehling](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-fehling) as Junker
- [Milan Peschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-peschel) as Walter Freytag
- [Samuel Finzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-finzi) as Roger
- [Frederick Lau](https://cinepixo.com/people/frederick-lau) as Kipinski
- [Eugénie Anselin](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugenie-anselin) as Irmgard Pieper
- [Max Hubacher](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-hubacher) as Willi Herold
- [Haymon Maria Buttinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/haymon-maria-buttinger) as Dr. Kremer
- [Marko Dyrlich](https://cinepixo.com/people/marko-dyrlich) as Brockhoff
- [David Scheller](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-scheller) as Claasen

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