Der Hauptmann

In a bleak, war-weary town, a disgraced German soldier named Willi is pressed into a brutal, morally fraught task: to pose as a captain and lead a small unit through a gauntlet of danger, deception, and shifting loyalties. As orders tighten and fear tightens its grip, Willi confronts the hollow rituals of command, the price of obedience, and the haunting cost of pretending to be someone he’s not. Across tense encounters and quiet, intimate moments, the line between soldier and survivor blurs, revealing the fragility of identity under siege.