Based on the remarkable true story of “The Executioner of Elmsland”, The Captain follows a German army deserter, Cpl. Willi Herold, after he finds an abandoned, and highly decorated, Luftwaffe captains uniform in the final weeks of World War II. Emboldened by the unbridled 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 takes command of a camp of German deserters and begins to dispense harsh justice. This is a chillingly provocative account of an enigmatic impostor who becomes increasingly intoxicated by his new found power and unquestioned authority which many blindly follow.
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