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 as Captain Lieutenant 'Der Alte'
Herbert Grönemeyer as Lieutenant Werner
Klaus Wennemann as Chief Engineer
Hubertus Bengsch as First Watch Officer
Martin Semmelrogge as Second Watch Officer
Bernd Tauber as Kriechbaum
Erwin Leder as Johann 'Das Gespenst'
Martin May as Ullmann
Heinz Hoenig as Hinrich
Uwe Ochsenknecht as Chief Bosun
Claude-Oliver Rudolph as Ario
Jan Fedder as Pilgrim
Rita Cadillac as Monique
Ralf Richter as Frenssen
Joachim Bernhard as Preacher
Oliver Stritzel as Schwalle
Konrad Becker as Bockstiegel
Lutz Schnell as Dufte
Martin Hemme as Brückenwilli
Otto Sander as Phillip Thomsen
Günter Lamprecht as Weser Captain
Thomas Boxhammer as
Roger Barth as
Günther Franke as Weser First Officer
Christian Bendomir as
Norbert Gronwald as
Albert Kraml as
Jean-Claude Hoffmann as Benjamin
Peter Pathenis as
Arno Kral as Hagen
Christian Seipolt as
Helmut Neumeier as Schmutt
Ferdinand Schaal as
Wilhelm Pietsch as Franz
Rolf Weber as
Dirk Salomon as Markus
Lothar Zajicek as
Sky du Mont as Weser Officer (uncredited)
Ulrich Günther as Merkel (uncredited)
Edwige Pierre as Nadine (uncredited)
Maryline Moulard as Françoise (uncredited)
Günter Spörrle as Seewald (uncredited)
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Wolfgang Petersen Director
Lothar-Günther Buchheim Novel
Wolfgang Petersen Screenplay
Dean Riesner Screenplay
Günter Rohrbach Producer
Michael Bittins Producer
Klaus Doldinger Original Music Composer
Jost Vacano Director of Photography
Hannes Nikel Editor
Willy Schlenter Casting
Götz Weidner Art Direction
Monika Bauert Costume Design
Ortwin Freyermuth Producer
Mark Damon Johnson Executive Producer
John W. Hyde Executive Producer
Edward R. Pressman Executive Producer
Alfred Rasche Makeup Artist
Ago von Sperl Makeup Artist
Rüdiger von Sperl Makeup Artist
Walter E. Richarz Assistant Art Director
Philipp von Seil Assistant Art Director
Peter Horrocks Sound Effects Editor
Hans-Walter Kramski Foley
Mel Kutbay Foley
Karola Storr Sound Effects Editor
Alan Willis Music Editor
Isabel Prochnow Script Supervisor
Michael Bittins Production Manager
Friedrich Thaler Scenic Artist
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann Still Photographer
Karsten Ullrich Sound Recordist
Albrecht von Bethmann Sound Recordist
Heinz Schürer Sound Recordist
Werner Böhm Sound Recordist
William H. Brown Post Production Supervisor
Stanislav Litera Sound Recordist
Mike Rutter Assistant Camera
Lutz Hengst Production Executive
Ernst Wild Additional Photography
Georg Borgel First Assistant Director
Mike Le Mare Sound Editor
Milan Bor Sound Mixer
Trevor Pyke Sound Mixer
Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design
Marie-Antoinette Petersen Second Assistant Director