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Jul 27, 2018 · By David Morgan. July 27, 2018 / 7:00 AM EDT / CBS News. In the final days of World War II, with Germany's frontlines collapsing into chaos, Willi Herold, a German private separated from his...
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Jul 27, 2018 · “The Captain” is based on the real-life story of Willi Herold, who was separated from his regiment during the German army’s retreat back to its home company and, upon assuming the identity of a captain, came upon a prison camp where he ordered the execution of more than 100 inmates.
Jul 27, 2018 · With Max Hubacher, Alexander Fehling, Sebastian Rudolph, Max Thommes. In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival finds a Nazi captain's uniform. Impersonating an officer, the man quickly takes on the monstrous identity of the perpetrators he's escaping from.
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Sep 12, 2018 · 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.
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In early April, 2009, a container ship operated by the Virginia-based Maersk Line was traveling from Salālah, Oman to Mombasa, Kenya. On board was a crew of 21 Americans under the command of Captain Richard Phillips. Phillips, born on May 16, 1955 in Winchester, Massachusetts, graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy in 1979 and began his ...
The crew of the Maersk Alabama had sent out distress signals and began tailing the lifeboat. On April 9, they were met by the destroyer USS Bainbridge and other U.S. vessels and aircraft. A small security of armored soldiers joined the crew of the Alabamaand ordered them to continue on their journey to Kenya, while U.S. officials attempted to negot...
Any Hollywood adaptation based on true events is bound to take some creative liberties with its story, whether in the interest of time or drama, but the accuracy of Captain Phillipsis further called into question because of its source material. Was Phillips’ own account entirely accurate, or did his perception of the event differ from the true real...
Shockingly, the pirate attack shown in the film wasn’t the only one the Alabamafaced. The day before the ship was taken over, two other small vessels attempted to hijack the ship, though they weren’t successful. “We had two pirate attacks over 18 hours,” the unnamed crew member said. And according to the crew member, as the two pirate boats came in...
In Captain Phillips, Richard Phillips is painted as a heroic figure who puts his life on the line to save his crew. “If you’re gonna shoot somebody, shoot me!” Hanks says in the film. This moment, crew members said, never happened. According to them, Phillips never sacrificed himself for the crew, but was simply grabbed by the pirates and forced on...
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Jul 26, 2018 · Based on the astonishing true story of Pvt. Willi Herold (Max Hubacher), a teenage deserter from the German army whose sadism would eventually earn him the nickname of the Executioner of...
Jul 26, 2018 · Film Review: ‘The Captain’ German director Robert Schwentke examines our troubling relationship with authority in the true story of an imposter who posed as a Nazi officer. By Peter...
