The most shocking aspect of The Captain is the fact that the story is based on real events. Set in the dying days of the Second World War. This 2017 German film tells the story of airman and deserter, Willi Herold, who finds a Luftwaffe captain’s uniform and transforms into something truly monstrous. It’s not your typical war movie—it’s a slow, unsettling burn that strips human nature down to its raw, ugly truth.

We chat about how the film’s visuals drag us into a morally blurred world—no Hollywood gloss, just brutal reality. We chat about the moments that hit hard: William’s cold-blooded decisions that would lead him to become known as the Executioner of Emsland.

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Recorded on the 9 December 2021 © Rogue Reviews.