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The Captain
Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization. Captain or the Captain may also refer to: Rank *Captain (armed forces), a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers *Captain (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies *Captain (Canadian army and air force) *Captain (D) or Captain Destroyers, a shore-based commander in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom **Captain (D) afloat, a related rank *Group captain, senior commissioned rank in the air forces of many countries *Sea captain, high grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel *''Kapitän'', shortened version of several ranks in the German navy *Pilot in command, the lead pilot on an aircraft Film and television * Captain (1994 film), ''Captain'' (1994 film), a Telugu-Tamil bilingual film * Captain (1999 film), ''Captain'' (1999 film), a Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (novel)
''The Captain'' is a 1967 novel by Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. It is a sequel of a sort to his 1940 book ''Captain Jan'', though not having the same characters as the earlier book. Both books deal with the life of sailors in ocean-going tugboats - a field in which the Netherlands has great prominence. The earlier book dealt with the peacetime sailor protagonists' conflict with the exploiting, authoritarian Kwel Shipping Company which demands feudal-like fealty from its employees. In the present book this goes on under the extreme wartime conditions of WWII, with the Kwel company having escaped the occupied Netherlands and moved operations to London, its vessels contracted to take part in various Allied operations - particularly, the highly dangerous Arctic convoys of World War II, Arctic convoys. Even under these extreme conditions, the conflict between tyrannical bosses and rebellious sailors is still there, interweaving with the vast war against Nazi Germany. Plot summary T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. It can also be a rank of command in an air force. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. Etymology The word "captain" derives from the Middle English "capitane", itself coming from the Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ... "caput", meaning "head". It is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (2017 Film)
''The Captain'' () is a 2017 international co-produced historical drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps. Plot In April 1945, during the final weeks of the war, Willi Herold, a young Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) escapes the pursuit of a roving German military police commando who wishes to execute him for desertion. After his escape, Herold finds an abandoned car containing the uniform of a decorated Luftwaffe captain. Herold takes the uniform and impersonates an officer, taking command of a number of stragglers as he moves through the German countryside under the guise that he is on a mission, ordered by Hitler himself, to assess morale behind the front. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (manga)
is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' (published by Shueisha) from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series '' Play Ball'', which ran in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (also published by Shueisha) from 1973 to 1978. ''Captain'', along with ''Play Ball'', won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977. The manga was adapted into a film by Eiken and released in theaters on 1981-07-18. It was also adapted into a 26 episode anime television series which aired on NTV from 1983-01-10 to 1983-07-04. The TV series was also directed by Satoshi Dezaki. The ''Captain'' TV series was ranked 95th in the top 100 favorite anime titles of all time in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi in 2005. In a 2006 TV Asahi survey of Japanese celebrities, the ''Captain'' TV series ranked 13th in a list of the top 100 responses. A spin-off manga by Cozy Jōkura began serialization in Shueisha's ''Grand Jump is a Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (Hellsing)
''Hellsing'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano, also adapted as the anime series ''Hellsing (TV series), Hellsing'', the OVA ''Hellsing Ultimate''. It tells the story of a powerful vampire named Alucard (Hellsing), Alucard and his battle against supernatural forces in service of the titular Hellsing Organization. The series takes place primarily in a fictitious United Kingdom, which is under attack by the undead forces characterized as a rogue Nazism, Nazi battalion which survived the end of World War II. Many of the characters in ''Hellsing'' were based on concepts from Hirano prior works as a Freelancer, freelance manga artist. Hellsing Organization The main characters at the start of the series are members of the Hellsing Organization—a clandestine British royal chivalric order, order that is tasked with defending the United Kingdom from supernatural threats in the manga. Alucard ; is the most powerful vampire in the series. He serves the Hellsing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |