
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
Cast

Conrad Veidt
Captain Ernst Hardt

Sebastian Shaw
Ashington

Valerie Hobson
The School Mistress

Marius Goring
Lieutenant Felix Schuster

June Duprez
Anne Burnett

Athole Stewart
The Rev. Hector Matthews

Agnes Lauchlan
Mrs. Matthews

Helen Haye
Mrs. Sedley

Cyril Raymond
The Rev. John Harris
George Summers
Captain Ratter

Hay Petrie
Engineer
Grant Sutherland
Bob Bratt

Robert Rendel
Admiral

Mary Morris
Chauffeuse
Margaret Moffatt
Kate
Kenneth Warrington
Commander Denis

Torin Thatcher
Submarine Officer

Esma Cannon
Maggie

Cyril Chamberlain
Bit Part (uncredited)

Bryan Herbert
Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry

Skelton Knaggs
German Sailor looking for Capt. Hardt

Howard Marion-Crawford
German Officer in Kieler Hof Hotel

Bernard Miles
Hans - Hotel Receptionist

John Penrose
Newlywed at Kiel Hotel

Johnnie Schofield
Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry
Diana Sinclair-Hall
Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Graham Stark
Bell Boy (uncredited)

Jack Lambert
Passport Official (uncredited)
Jeanne Macintyre
German Girl (uncredited)
Jack Sharp
Unknown
Crew

Michael Powell
Director

Roland Pertwee
Scenario Writer

Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
J. Storer Clouston
Story
William Hornbeck
Supervising Film Editor
Hugh Stewart
Editor
Bernard Browne
Director of Photography
Patrick Jennings
Assistant Director
Irving Asher
Producer

Alexander Korda
Producer
Vincent Korda
Supervising Art Director
A.W. Watkins
Sound Director
John W. Mitchell
Boom Operator

Miklós Rózsa
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Frederick Pusey
Art Direction
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