On land they dreamed of being heroes. Beneath the sea they pray to be survivors.
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.
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Jürgen Prochnow
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
Wolfgang Petersen
Director, Screenplay
Dean Riesner
Screenplay
Lothar-Günther Buchheim
Novel
John W. Hyde
Executive Producer
Edward R. Pressman
Executive Producer
Mark Damon Johnson
Executive Producer
Günter Rohrbach
Producer
Ortwin Freyermuth
Producer
Michael Bittins
Producer
Jost Vacano
Director of Photography
Klaus Doldinger
Original Music Composer
Hannes Nikel
Editor
Monika Bauert
Costume Design
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
