A German submarine hunts allied ships during the Second World War, but it soon becomes the hunted. The crew tries to survive below the surface, while stretching both the boat and themselves to their limits.
Cast
Jürgen Prochnow
Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer
Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann
Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch
First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge
Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber
Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder
Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May
Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig
Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht
Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph
Ario
Jan Fedder
Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac
Monique
Ralf Richter
Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard
Preacher
Oliver Stritzel
Schwalle
Konrad Becker
Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell
Dufte
Martin Hemme
Brückenwilli
Otto Sander
Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht
Weser Captain
Thomas Boxhammer
Unknown
Roger Barth
Unknown
Günther Franke
Weser First Officer
Christian Bendomir
Unknown
Norbert Gronwald
Unknown
Albert Kraml
Unknown
Jean-Claude Hoffmann
Benjamin
Peter Pathenis
Unknown
Arno Kral
Hagen
Christian Seipolt
Unknown
Helmut Neumeier
Schmutt
Ferdinand Schaal
Unknown
Wilhelm Pietsch
Franz
Rolf Weber
Unknown
Dirk Salomon
Markus
Lothar Zajicek
Unknown
Sky du Mont
Weser Officer (uncredited)
Ulrich Günther
Merkel (uncredited)
Edwige Pierre
Nadine (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard
Françoise (uncredited)
Günter Spörrle
Seewald (uncredited)
Crew
Wolfgang Petersen
Director, Screenplay
Dean Riesner
Screenplay
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Novel
Hannes Nikel
Editor, Second Unit Director
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Georg Borgel
First Assistant Director
Marie-Antoinette Petersen
Second Assistant Director
Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer
John W. Hyde
Executive Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer
Günter Rohrbach
Producer
Michael Bittins
Producer, Production Manager
Ortwin Freyermuth
Producer
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Mike Rutter
Assistant Camera
William H. Brown
Post Production Supervisor
Willy Schlenter
Casting
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Rüdiger von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Ago von Sperl
Makeup Artist
Alfred Rasche
Makeup Artist
Friedrich Thaler
Scenic Artist
Walter E. Richarz
Assistant Art Director
Philipp von Seil
Assistant Art Director
Peter Horrocks
Sound Effects Editor
Karola Storr
Sound Effects Editor
Mike Le Mare
Sound Editor
Trevor Pyke
Sound Mixer
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Albrecht von Bethmann
Sound Recordist
Heinz Schürer
Sound Recordist
Karsten Ullrich
Sound Recordist
Werner Böhm
Sound Recordist
Stanislav Litera
Sound Recordist
Mel Kutbay
Foley
Hans-Walter Kramski
Foley
Karl Baumgartner
Special Effects Supervisor
Willi Neuner
Special Effects
Karl-Heinz Bochnig
Special Effects
Max Gretmann
Special Effects
Franz Kirschke
Special Effects
Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
Alan Willis
Music Editor
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Isabel Prochnow
Script Supervisor
Willi Zopf
Electrician
Iko Dimitri
Electrician
Franz Schlammer
Electrician
Rudi Denk
Electrician
Peter Dürst
Property Master
Rüdiger Wagner
Property Master
Monika Moritz
Property Master
Isabel Goslar
Continuity
Ernst Wild
Additional Photography
Ludwig Sauermann
Key Grip
Philippe Dussart
Production Manager
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Götz Weidner
Art Direction
Ingrid von Anka
Production Secretary
Caroline Perchaud
Production Secretary
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