The captain

Resource Information

The work The captain represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in St. Catharines Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The captain

Statement of responsibility

Music Box Films presents ; produced by Filmgalerie 451, Alfama Films and Opus Film [and others] ; producers, Frieder Schlaich, Irene von Alberti ; written and directed by Robert Schwentke

Contributor

• Kobus, Waldemar, 1966-
• Filmgalerie 451
• Music Box Films
• Alberti, Irene von
• Hubacher, Max, 1993-
• Hölscher, Bernd
• Alfama Films
• Lau, Frederick, 1989-
• Peschel, Milan, 1968-
• Schlaich, Frieder
• Schwentke, Robert, 1968-

Actor

• Peschel, Milan, 1968-
• Hubacher, Max, 1993-
• Hölscher, Bernd
• Kobus, Waldemar, 1966-
• Lau, Frederick, 1989-

Film director

• Schwentke, Robert, 1968-

Film producer

• Alberti, Irene von
• Schlaich, Frieder

Production company

• Alfama Films
• Filmgalerie 451

Publisher

• Music Box Films

Screenwriter

• Schwentke, Robert, 1968-

Subject

• Motion pictures, German
• Nazis -- Fiction
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War films
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction
• Action and adventure films
• Foreign films -- Germany
• Foreign films
• Fiction films
• Feature films
• False personation -- Fiction
• German language films
• Foreign language films -- German
• German language materials
• Military deserters -- Fiction

Genre

• Action and adventure films
• German language films
• Motion pictures, German
• Foreign films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• German language materials
• Fiction
• War films
• Feature films

Language

• ger
• eng
• ger

Summary

A German army deserter finds an abandoned Nazi captain's uniform in the final weeks of World War II. Emboldened by the authority the uniform grants him, he amasses a band of stragglers who cede to his command despite the suspicions of some. Citing direct orders from the Fuhrer himself, he soon takes command of a camp holding German soldiers accused of desertion and begins to dispense harsh justice

Cataloging source

CaOWLBI

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music by Martin Todsharow ; Cinematography by Florian Ballhaus

Dewey number

791.4372

Intended audience

14A

Language note

German dialogue; English subtitles

PerformerNote

Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Bernd Hölscher, Waldemar Kobus, Alexander Fehling, Samuel Finzi, Wolfram Koch

Runtime

120

Target audience

general

Technique

live action