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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes 83%, Metacritic 67/100. Scores higher than 84% of the 362 2010s war movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of a Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Metacritic67/100
519 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert SchwentkeDirector
- Robert SchwentkeWriter
- Martin TodsharowOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Max HubacherHerold
- Milan PeschelFreytag
- Frederick LauKipinski
- Alexander FehlingJunker
- Britta HammelsteinGerda
- Waldemar KobusHansen
- Sebastian RudolphCorporal Paul
- Marko DyrlichBrockhoff
- Alexander HörbeSchnabel Wirt
- Sascha Alexander GeršakSichner
- Blerim DestaniDahler-Kaufmann
- Haymon Maria ButtingerDr. Kremer
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Themes
prisonerdesertionworld war iinazi officerimpersonatorblack and whitearmy captainthird reich (iii reich 1933-45)1940s