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Der Hauptmann (2017)
i cannot physically shut up about my interests
(i was at the lowest point in my life)
(i cannot be normal about this movie its a masterpiece)
TITLE: Der Hauptmann
Der Hauptmann, also known as The Captain, tells the story of a young German soldier, Willi Herold, who becomes separated from his units during April 1945 and ends up fighting for survival, in the last moments of World War II, when he finds a Luftwaffe captain’s uniform. Whilst impersonating a Luftwaffe officer, Willi Herold quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he is trying to escape from.
The movie is based on the true story of Fallschirmjäger Willi Herold (born September 11, 1925) and who fought in Nettuno and Monte Cassino, Italy. In April 1945, he got torn from his unit near Gronau – Bad Bentheim, Germany. Willi Herold later “visits” the Strafgefangenenlager Aschendorfermoor and would become known as “The Executioner of Emsland”.
IMAGES: Der Hauptmann
3. Max Hubacher as Willi Herold in THE CAPTAIN. Courtesy of Music Box Films.
2. Max Hubacher as Willi Herold, Milan Peschel as Freytag, and Frederick Lau as Kipinski in THE CAPTAIN. Courtesy of Music Box Films.
DETAILS: Der Hauptmann
Film Der Hauptmann also known as The Captain Country Germany Director Robert Schwentke Cast Max Hubacher, Milan Peschel, Frederick Lau, Bernd Hölscher Language German English Subtitles Yes
REVIEW: Der Hauptmann
Although I think Willi Herold’s story is worth being told, however Der Hauptmann missed the shot on being a serious biography, drama. It’s an inconsistent cut-and-paste of horrific events, that does want to share the brutality of war and the human psyche however it did miss the shot. I honestly looked forward to “Der Hauptmann” (“The Captain”) yet I am not satisfied after watching. Did Robert Schwentke try to make a serious war drama or more a dark satire? Even at the beginning of the movie, Herold, is being chased by Feldgendarmerie (“Kettenhunde”) and you hear irregular sounds of trumpets in the background.. Why? .. It did not add anything, even taking away the seriousness of the scene.
I don’t think the actin was bad, actually I liked Max Hubacher in his character. However, I think Robert Schwentke messed it it all up for starting near the middle of the movie, at the arrival at Camp II (Lager II, Emslandlager Aschendorfermoor), until the end and even during the credits. From then on, everything started to be – almost to the extreme – exaggerated. All events that showed any of the German paratroopers (“Fallschirmjägers”) and camp personnel were shown as an undisciplined, unmotivated, women beating, irregular men
Later on, more scenes involve drinking and thus getting drunk, starting fights and initiate executions. It seems Schwendtke wanted to bring out the worse in the movie but failed to be deep and serious doing so. Including further scenes were they want to bring order and righteousness, yet they arrive as a dirty, undisciplined bunch, killing traitors then themselves start to loot, get drunk again and of course… a case of jealousy also erupts. There’s no consistency in the movie. It felt like watching a dark satire movie. I hoped to learn more about Willi Herold, his intentions, a backstory, what motivated these men? Rather than a movie which looks like to be more a compilation of brutality based on a subject. Why? What? Where? Who were this accomplices? What happened to them? You only find out if you afterwards do all the research yourself, because in the movie you won’t learn anything at all except that a soldier, named Willi Herold, found a Luftwaffe officer’s uniform and carried out war crimes. The movie was overdone. I was really grabbed by the scene when Herold fits the uniform and Gefreiter Freitag comes around and subjects to be under his command… Herold, yet not knowing what to say or to do, he suddenly gains the feeling of power and be able to command men. At first, he was acting after trying on the uniform but then it becomes real when Gefreiter Freitag arrives. Thought that was it. This scene was serious, grabbed you, you known what was going through his mind.. But his actions, intentions later on leaves your clueless. Also, you don’t have the feeling there’s a war raging around.
Even when the credits came, Willi Herold in his staff car “Schnellgericht Herold” with his irregular bunch, drive through a modern city. Near the end, also get out and ask for ID of people sitting on a bench, like it was yesterday that Herold drove the city, looking for traitors and spies. But, you’re starting at the screen asking yourself.. Why? What’s the intention here? .. It describes the whole movie perfectly…
It could’ve been a masterpiece, just like Schindler’s List is in its category, thought it didn’t feel authenticate. You can either watch it in Black / White or in color (on DVD).
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Der Hauptmann also known as The Captain (2017) TITLE: Der Hauptmann Der Hauptmann, also known as The Captain, tells the story of a young German soldier, Willi Herold, who becomes separated from his units during April 1945 and ends up fighting for survival, in the last moments of World War II, when he finds a Luftwaffe captain's uniform.
“Am 30. September 1943 wurde der Schornsteinfegerlehrling Herold zum Wehrdienst eingezogen. Nach der Grundausbildung bei der Fallschirmtruppe in Tangermünde wurde er bei Nettunound Monte Cassino in Italien eingesetzt, wo er zum Gefreiten befördert wurde.
Seine Einheit wurde zum Ende des Krieges nach Deutschland verlegt. Herold wurde schließlich am 3. April 1945 von seinen Kameraden getrennt und fand zwischen den Orten Gronau undBad Bentheim eine Offizierskiste mit der Uniform eines Hauptmanns der Luftwaffe. Der Gefreite Herold gab sich mit dieser Uniform als Offizier aus und sammelte ein Dutzend ebenfalls versprengter Soldaten um sich und gelangte am 11. April 1945 zum Lager II der Emslandlager, dem Strafgefangenenlager Aschendorfermoor. Mit den Worten „Der Führer persönlich hat mir unbeschränkte Vollmachten erteilt“ übernahm er dort das Kommando und errichtete ein Schreckensregiment. Häftlinge, die kurz vorher einen Fluchtversuch unternommen hatten, wurden sofort erschossen. Innerhalb der nächsten acht Tage ließ Herold über 100 Lagerinsassen ermorden, einige ermordete er eigenhändig.[1]
Nach einem schweren Luftangriff gelang den meisten überlebenden Häftlingen die Flucht. Auch die Einheit von Herold setzte sich vor der vorrückenden Front ab und beging letzte Kriegsverbrechen. Ein Bauer bei Leer in Ostfriesland, der die weiße Fahne gehisst hatte, wurde von Herolds Leuten gehängt, und in einem Polizeirevier fünf Niederländer wegen angeblicherSpionage nach zehnminütigem Scheinprozess ermordet.
Die Täuschung flog noch vor Kriegsende auf, ein deutsches Militärgericht ließ Herold jedoch laufen. Nach Kriegsende ging Herold durch einen Zufall der britischen Militärregierung ins Netz.[2] Im August 1946 begann in Oldenburg der Prozess gegen Herold und 13 weitere Angeklagte. Sie wurden für die Ermordung von 125 Menschen verantwortlich gemacht. Herold und sechs weitere Mitangeklagte wurden zum Tode verurteilt, fünf andere freigesprochen. Am 14. November 1946 wurden sechs der Urteile im Gefängnis von Wolfenbüttel mit dem Fallbeil vollstreckt; das siebte Todesurteil war aufgehoben worden.”