Trivia / The Captain

• Colbert Bump: Before the film was released, Herold's story was virtually unknown. The film release prompted a new wave of interest in the Herold case.
• Fake Nationality: Swiss actor Max Hubacher plays Willi Herold, who was German.
• The town Herold and his band drive through at the end of the film is called Görlitz, and it is located in Saxony, Herold's home state.
• Dawson Casting: 23 year old Max Hubacher played Herold, who was only 19 and a half when the events of the story took place.