Captain America: The First Avenger
The one who never gives up awakens.
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An earnest, aspirational origin story that balances wartime stakes with genuine warmth, celebrating heroism and the triumph of character over circumstance.
During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
Essence
Ensemble
Chris Evans
Captain America / Steve Rogers
Hayley Atwell
Peggy Carter
Sebastian Stan
James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes
Tommy Lee Jones
Colonel Chester Phillips
Hugo Weaving
Johann Schmidt / Red Skull
Dominic Cooper
Howard Stark
Richard Armitage
Heinz Kruger
Stanley Tucci
Dr. Abraham Erskine
Samuel L. Jackson
Nick Fury
Toby Jones
Dr. Arnim Zola
Neal McDonough
Timothy 'Dum Dum' Dugan
Derek Luke
Gabe Jones
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