The Captain

The Captain (Original title: Der Hauptmann) is a 2017 international co-production historical drama film directed by Robert Schwentke. 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.

Cast[]

• Max Hubacher - Willi Herold
• Alexander Fehling - Junker
• Sebastian Rudolph - Gefreiter Paul
• Max Thommes - Bursche
• Rike Eckermann - Farmer's Wife
• Jörn Hentschel - Farmer
• Milan Peschel - Freytag
• Alexander Hörbe - Schnabel Wirt
• Ferdinand Dörfler - Farmer 1
• Harald Warmbrunn - Farmer 2
• Stefan Feddersen-Clausen - Deserter
• Kordian Rekowski - Totschläger
• Frederick Lau - Kipinski
• Sebastian Grempka - Bomber
• Damien Rabjastajn - Flak Soldat 1
• Sascha Alexander Gersak - Sichner
• Jakub Sierenberg - Flak Soldat 2
• Damian Ul - Feldgendarm
• Marko Dyrlich - Brockhoff
• Blerim Destani - Dahler-Kaufmann
• Bernd Hölscher - Schütte
• Michael Bornhütter - Gefangener
• Waldemar Kobus - Hansen
• David Scheller - Claasen
• Britta Hammelstein - Gerda Schütte
• Wolfram Koch - Schneider
• Samuel Finzi - Roger
• Wieslaw Hormanski - Schnelder
• Stefan Kolosko - Peller
• Laurean Wagner - Linke (as Christian Wagner)
• Annina Polivka - Erika
• Samia Muriel Chancrin - Betty (as Samia Chancrin)
• Linda Schönherr - Lucy
• Annika Meier - Anny
• Shannon Staller - Jenny
• Eugénie Anselin - Irmgard
• Ingo Günther - Klavierspieler
• Jan Georg Schütte - Oberfelwebel
• Haymon Maria Buttinger - Dr. Kremer
• Hendrik Arnst - Konteradmiral Weyher

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

• Miroslaw Dusza - Inner Camp Prison Guard (uncredited)

Gallery[]