Steve Rogers proves his heroism before the serum ever makes him strong.
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Captain America: The First Avenger
The first Avenger is born on the front lines of World War II.
Steve Rogers, a frail young man from Brooklyn, is transformed into the super-soldier Captain America to fight the Red Skull and HYDRA during World War II.
2011 July 22, 2011 124 min PG-13
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Directed by Joe Johnston
Release date July 22, 2011
Timeline MCU #1
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Steve Rogers, a frail young man from Brooklyn, is transformed into the super-soldier Captain America to fight the Red Skull and HYDRA during World War II. This wiki dossier collects the movie's MCU phase, timeline placement, core cast, creative team, trailers, images, story highlights, post-credit context, related movies, and Disney+ US viewing status.
Timeline placement
The earliest major MCU movie chronologically, set during World War II.
HYDRA weaponizes the Tesseract, establishing a key Infinity Saga object.
Steve sacrifices his life in the present to save the future, waking decades later.
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