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Der Hauptmann

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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Der Hauptmann (The Captain) is a 2017 historical drama written and produced by Robert Schwentke.April 1945, two weeks before the end of the Second World War. Willi Herold, a nineteen year old German desertor, is on the run for his life from his Nazi pursuers. As he makes his way across the cold, harsh landscape of the Emsland region in north-western Germany, he makes a startling discovery in an abandoned Wehrmacht vehicle: the pristine uniform of an SS Luftwaffe Captain. Eager to get out of his worn out, wet clothes, he slips the uniform on and begins a chilling transformation that would end up costing almost two hundred people their lives.Inspired from the real story of Willi Herold, nicknamed the Executioner of Emsland, the film depicts his meteoric rise from simple private to all-powerful (albeit fake) captain during the last chaotic days of World War II, and is a chilling meditation on the corrupting influence of power, blind obedience and the influence of the Nazi regime on everyday people.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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 Age Lift: The real Freytag was in his twenties when he met Herold. In the film, he is played by 49 year old Milan Peschel.
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 Anyone Can Die: Nobody is safe in this film, especially not around Herold.
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 Artistic License – History:Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_3'); })
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 Aluminum Christmas Trees: Due to how terrible and abject his behavior is, Herold was presumed by some to be a made-up character, or at least exaggerated. He was very real, and even worse than portrayed in the film. The ridiculous "trial" which the Nazis give Herold is so outrageous, it sounds like a poorly written caricature. The director used many lines from the transcript of the real trial. They really did believe that Herold did a fantastic job by initiating those mass-murders, and were enthusiastic about welcoming him back into the fold.
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 Adaptation Dye-Job: Blond-haired Max Hubacher plays Herold, who had jet-black hair.
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