The Commander

2h
6.9

One dark night during the early phases of WWII, the Italian Royal Navy submarine Cappellini sinks an armed merchant ship sailing with lights out. At that moment, its commander Salvatore Todaro makes a decision that was destined to go down in history: to save the 26 shipwrecked Belgians who otherwise would have drowned in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and disembark them at the nearest safe harbor. To make room for them on board his submarine, he is forced to navigate on the surface of the water for three days, visible to the enemy forces and endangering his life and that of his men.

Crew

Edoardo De Angelis
Director, Screenplay, Story, Producer
Sandro Veronesi
Screenplay
Lorenzo Peluso
Editor
Christian Marsiglia
Assistant Editor
Flavia Foroni
Assistant Editor
Federico Fusco
Assistant Editor
Ferran Paredes
Director of Photography
Andrea Baracca
Colorist
Giuditta Martelli
Second Assistant Director
Lucio Veronesi
Second Assistant Director
Adriano Sacco
Second Second Assistant Director
Giorgia Jo Avallone
Assistant Director
Andrea Sandali
Assistant Production Coordinator
Liza J. Butler
Production Coordinator
Carlotta Calori
Producer
Francesca Cima
Producer
Paolo Del Brocco
Producer
Viola Prestieri
Producer
Pierpaolo Verga
Producer
Nicola Giuliano
Producer
Attilio De Razza
Producer
Luca Bitterlin
Line Producer
Carmine Guarino
Production Design
Guido Cavaciuti
Camera Operator
Dario Paolini
First Assistant Camera
Danilo Caruso
Additional First Assistant Camera
Aluna Orano
Second Assistant Camera
Luigi Piepoli
First Assistant "B" Camera
Marco Moroni
Dolly Grip
Emanuela Epifano
Post Producer
Valentina Donnini
Post Producer
Gabriella Giannattasio
Casting Director
Marco Matteo Donat-Cattin
Casting
Massimo Cantini Parrini
Costume Design
Massimo Gattabrusi
Hair Department Head
Paola Gattabrusi
Makeup Department Head
Alice Gandolfi
Makeup Artist
Flaminia Latini
Art Department Trainee
Lorenzo Tamburini
Prosthetic Designer
Mirko Perri
Sound Designer
Valentino Giannì
Sound
Gianluigi Gallo
Boom Operator
Toon Sintobin
Special Effects Technician
Lorin Duquesne
Special Effects Technician
Zeno Verlee
Special Effects Technician
Simon Malcom Cokes
Special Effects Technician
Thomas Desmet
Special Effects Technician
Lode Steenhoudt
Special Effects Technician
Ewoud Vansteenkiste
Special Effects Technician
Pieter Bouciqué
Special Effects Technician
Fleur Martin
Special Effects Technician
Elio Terribili
Special Effects Technician
Arne Normon
Special Effects Supervisor
Bert Depoortere
Special Effects Supervisor
Francesca Vitale
Special Effects Assistant
Andrea Giomaro
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Stacey Dodge
Visual Effects Producer
Virginia Cefaly
Visual Effects Producer
Francesca Floris
Visual Effects Producer
Aurora Chen Wan Lu
Visual Effects Coordinator
Kevin Tod Haug
Visual Effects Designer
Robert Del Naja
Original Music Composer
Fabio Galvagno
Painter
Marco Pasquini
Underwater Camera
Iole Autero
Set Decoration
Angelica Spatarella
Script Supervisor
Pierluigi Contestabile
Electrician
Carmine Porricelli
Electrician
Paolo Saccinto
Electrician, Gaffer
Simone Palma
Electrician
Antonello Leone
Best Boy Electrician
Simone Bonelli
Stunts
Agostino De Cesaris
Stunts
Diego Guerra
Stunts
Stefano Domenighini
Stunts
Fabiana Tosca
Property Master
Giovanni Esposito
Assistant Property Master
Giuseppe Bellucci
Best Boy Grip
Nike Paolucci
Assistant Production Design
Denise Montagnaro
Assistant Production Design
Amedeo Palazzi
Art Designer
Stefano Spinelli
Video Assist Operator
Enea Langella
Key Grip
Raffaele Prejanò
Grip
Antonio Liddi
Grip
Antonio Spada
Grip
Gianluca Polo
Grip
Aurelio Langella
Grip
Giorgio Innocenzi
Gaffer
Natan Nicoletti
Data Management Technician
Carlotta Bruschi
Assistant Script
Luigi Lombardi
Digital Imaging Technician
David Mariottini
Drone Pilot
Valerio Di Nitto
Digital Compositor
Salvatore Palombella
Digital Compositor
Bidoli Niko
Digital Compositor
Alfredo Ritondale
Art Direction