• Ruin

  • Ryan Firpo
  • Available
  • Thriller
  • 2017
  • Black List
  • Black List
  • 89.2
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Market: Fri, 31 Mar 2017Sold: Wed, 05 Sep 2018
Director: Justin Kurzel
Producer: Marc Butan
Actor: Margot Robbie, Matthias Schoenaerts
AgentPeter Dodd (UTA)
ManagerSam Warren (LBI Entertainment)
ProductionMadRiver Pictures
FinancierCAA Media Finance
Sales AgentIMR International
A nameless ex-Nazi captain navigates the ruins of post-WWII Germany determined to atone for his crimes during the war by hunting down the surviving members of his former SS Death Squad.
A former Nazi, haunted by the decisions of his past, partners with a young Jewish woman to journey through the broken remnants of post-war Europe in order to hunt down and kill the men from his old unit.
A former SS Death Squad member uses an ex-Jewish labor camp prisoner to hunt down former SS officers hoping to right his past with their deaths.
An ex-death squad Nazi captain sets out to hunt down his old companions in post World War II Germany. He comes across a refugee woman who knows the whereabouts of one of his crew members and they both set off to find him and kill him.
Film
Character Study, Action, Adventure, Drama, Period, Dark, Demons, Revenge, Foreign Locale, Survival, Suicide, Historical, Betrayal, Death, Identity, Journey, Nazi, Poverty, Secrets, Suspenseful, Violence/Violent, WWII
95
R
High
M
White / European
44
Fit
Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained, Son of Saul
1945, a week with flashbacks to WWII
A variety of locations in Post WWII Eastern Europe. Lakeshore, Ruined Home, Small Village, Brothel, Basement, Farmhouse, Lakehouse, Refugee Camp, Small House, Meadowlands, roadside service station, small stream, bar, alleyway, Roadside Farmstead, Office Antechamber, Labor Camp, Gas Chamber,
THE CAPTAIN loads a weathered rifle and aims for KONRAD (20s). He steadies his trembling hand and takes his shot. Direct hit. A surprised ECKHART (30s) hurries to Konrad's side, but stops at the sight of his old colleague, The Captain. He gives Eckhart a chance: "Where's Richter?"

Bang.

A Nazi radio station broadcasts as The Captain wanders the now empty base. Finds a series of blank passports. A stack of passport photos. Amongst the stack, one of ANTON RICHTER (40s).

The Captain reveals a large scar that is the exact same size and shape as Eckhart's SS Death Squad tattoo. He skims a black ledger lined with information about the Werwolves' Operation, and takes off.

He sits at a tree. Almost kills himself.

The Captain KICKS in the door of the Nazi radio broadcast. Starts beating PETR (30s) until he informs The Captain that Richter's former mistress, ELSA (?), has information on his whereabouts. The microphone on, Petr calls out for listeners to kill Elsa, before The Captain beats him to death.

Richter sits in his lake house, turns off the radio. LENI (toddler) enters, asks to feed the chickens. He smiles.

The Captain arrives at the refugee camp and...