History Film / CaptainBerlin

The USA has Captain America, the UK has Captain Britain, Austria has Captain Austria, and Germany has Captain Berlin. Made as a modern retelling of the Superman-mythos and superheroes in general Captain Berlin is a deconstructor fleet out of the then young mind of director Jörg Buttgereit.

Set in the crapsack city of Berlin, Captain Berlin is fighting against crime but has to cope with his own problems and thus is not as perfect a hero as one would expect.

Captain Berlin is a franchise made up of a multitude of works across many different mediums:
* Captain Berlin - Retter der Welt (Savior of the World, 1982, short film)
* Captain Berlin vs. Dracula (2006, audio drama)
* Captain Berlin vs. Hitler (2007, theatre, adaption of Captain Berlin vs. Dracula)
* Captain Berlin Versus Hitler (2009, movie, edited version of Captain Berlin vs. Hitler)
* Captain Berlin Comic Series

* AlternateHistory: Hitlers brain was saved by his personal physician Dr. Ilse Von Blitzen
* BlackAndGrayMorality: In Savior of the World Captain Berlin foils a bank robber and knocks him unconscious but he is unable to return the money to the bank as his life of heroism leaves him no chances to earn money and afford more than the most basic food and shelter
* CapeSnag: Captain Berlin's cape gets mangled during the fight with Doctor Sind's mutant
* CrapsackWorld: in contrast to the clean Metropolis of Superman, Captain Berlin's world is dirty while not being so dark and edgy as Gotham City.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Doctor Sinds mutant is wearing high-heeled shoes
* HalfHumanHybrid: Doctor Sinds mutant is controlled with a device to some degree
* HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Hitler in both the film and the comics. Captain Berlin also battles Kim Jong-Il and Eric Konecker in his comic series.
* HumanAliens: Doctor Sind, his henchman and his mutant are said to be from outer space
* {{Minimalism}}: The soundtrack of Savior of the World consists of only one song composed by Peter Syntethic, used in various situations.
* PerkyGoth: Captain Berlin's lover was shown to be a slightly punky girl, remnisicent of the common low class thugs occupying Berlin during that time and the different punk and techno scenes
* {{Realism}}: Captain Berlin is shown sleeping in his bed in full costume so he is ready for the next crime to be solved.
* ShoutOut: Doctor Sind and his mutant parallel Supermans first super villain Lex Luthor and Ultra-Humanite
* VillainsActHeroesReact: Captain Berlin's villains are always the ones to initiate the main plot like Doctor Sind kidnapping Captain Berlin's lover in Savior of the World, and Dr. Ilse von Blitzen reviving Hitler.
* WeMeetAgain: Doctor Sind said this during the ending of Savior of the World [[spoiler: but has yet to make a second appearance]]

* EvilPlan: Captain Berlin's villains are always the ones to initiate the main plot like Doctor Sind kidnapping Captain Berlin's lover in Savior of the World and Dr. Ilse von Blitzen reviving Hitler.

* RealityEnsues: Captain Berlin's cape gets mangled during the fight with Doctor Sind's mutant

* BigBad: Doctor Sind is this to Captain Berlin

** this can also be taken as a commentary on the state of Berlin and German society as during the production of the movie Germany struggled economically and was parted into West and East, so while Captain Berlin knows what is the right thing to do he still had to take care of himself as to not let society fall down further the rabbit hole of chaos and villainy

** before the fight with Doctor Sind a car was shown to leave the parking lot, not really bothering with the fight

* {{Minimalism}}: The soundtrack of Savior of the World consists of only one song composed by Peter Syntethic, used in various situations
** The credits for Savior of the World were written on pieces of paper

** Not only that, he is also shown to slightly open his mask around the mouth and nose to make it easier for him to breath in a subconscious state
** Doctor Sind also fluffs his speech slightly during his phone call with Captain Berlin

* WeMeetAgain: Doctor Sind said this during the ending of Savior of the World [[spoiler: but has yet to make a second appearance]]

* Captain Berlin #1 (2013, comic)
* Captain Berlin 2: Hitlers Homunkulus greift an! (Hitlers Homunculus attacks!, 2014, comic)
* Captain Berlin 3: Showdown in London (2015, comic)

** this can also be taken as a commentary on the state of Berlin and german society as during the production of the movie Germany struggled economically and was parted into west and east, so while Captain Berlin knows what is the right thing to do he still had to take care of himself as to not let society fall down further the rabbit hole of chaos and villainy
* CrapsackWorld: in contrast to the clean Metropolis of Superman Captain Berlins world is unclean and boring while not being to dark and edgy as Gotham City

* EvilPlan: Captain Berlins villains are always the ones to initiate the main plot like Doctor Sind kidnapping Captain Berlins lover in Savior of the World and Dr. Ilse von Blitzen reviving Hitler

* PerkyGoth: Captain Berlins lover was shown to be a slightly punky girl, remnisicent of the common low class thugs occupying Berlin during that time and the different punk and techno scenes

* RealityEnsues: Captain Berlins cape gets mangled during the fight with Doctor Sind's mutant

The USA has Captain America, the United Kingdom has Captain Britain and Germany has Captain Berlin. Made as a modern retelling of the Superman-mythos and superheroes in general Captain Berlin is a deconstructor fleet out of the then young mind of director Jörg Buttgereit.

Set in the crapsache city of Berlin, Captain Berlin is fighting against crime but has to cope with his own problems and thus is not as perfect a hero as one would expect.

* Minimalism: The soundtrack of Savior of the World consists of only one song composed by Peter Syntethic, used in various situations

* Realism: Captain Berlin is shown sleeping in his bed in full costume so he is ready for the next crime to be solved
** not only that, he is also shown to slightly open his mask around the mouth and nose to make it easier for him to breath in a subconcious state
** Doctor Sind also fluffed his speech slightly during his phone call with Captain Berlin
* RealityEnsues: Captain Berlins cape was shown to get mangled during the fight with Doctor Sinds mutant

* WeMeetAgain: Doctor Sind said this during the ending of Savior of the World [[spoiler: but has yet to make a second appearance]]