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Captain America: The First Avenger
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Rotten Tomatoes
6.9
IMDb / 10
7.0
TMDB · 22,934 votes
Film series · Captain America · Part 1/4
DE release
17.08.2011
FSK
12+
Budget
140 Mio. $
Box office
371 Mio. $
The story
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.
Key characters
Trivia & background
- Skinny Steve was created with digital tricks and a body double — Evans shot every scene twice.
🥚 Easter eggs & references
- The original android Human Torch of the 1940s comics sits as an exhibit at the Stark Expo.
- Steve's shield test run: he first grabs a round trash-can lid — an origin gag from the comics.
📍 Filming locations
- 1940s New York was built in England: Manchester and Liverpool played Brooklyn.
Gallery & videos
🎵 Music
Score: Alan Silvestri
- Star Spangled Man (Alan Menken wrote the propaganda song)
📖 Comic sources
Captain America Comics #1 (1941)
Cap punches Hitler on the cover — older than the US entry into the war.
Post-credit scenes · 1
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Steve wakes up in the present; Fury has a mission — straight into the first Avengers teaser.
→ Leads to: The Avengers🥸 Stan Lee cameo
General at the medal ceremony: 'I thought he'd be taller.'
Why it matters for Doomsday · Optional
Evans origin; chronologically the starting point, 1943.
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