Coinciding with its limited theatrical release in the UK, Signature Entertainment has unveiled a poster and trailer for director Robert Schwentke’s (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Red) World War II thriller The Captain; check them out here, along with the official synopsis…
1945 The Nazis have withdrawn. The hunt begins. Based on the astonishing true story of Pvt. Willi Herold, a teenage deserter from the German army whose sadism would eventually earn him the nickname of the Executioner of Emsland, The Captain picks up two weeks before the end of the war. A petrified Herold, fleeing military police, finds a Nazi captain’s uniform to wear and avoid execution. Thus disguised, he soon rallies a ragtag band of brothers whose unquestioning acceptance of his command emboldens him. High on the terrifying charisma of his clothing, he invents a secret mission from the Führer and embarks on a brutal odyssey of torture and slaughter.
The Captain is released in UK cinemas today and hits DVD and Digital HD on October 1st.
