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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Earnest, grave, contemplative and overwhelming.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Jürgen ProchnowLieutenant 'Der Alte'
- Herbert GrönemeyerLeutnant Werner
- Klaus WennemannChef Ingenieur
- Hubertus BengschFirst Watch Officer
- Martin SemmelroggeSecond Watch Officer
- Bernd TauberKriechbaum
- Erwin LederJohann 'Das Gespenst'
- Martin MayUllmann
- Heinz HoenigHinrich
- Uwe OchsenknechtChief Bosun
Crew
- Wolfgang PetersenDirector
- Dean RiesnerScreenplay
- Wolfgang PetersenScreenplay
- Lothar-Günther BuchheimNovel
- Jost VacanoDirector of Photography
- Klaus DoldingerOriginal Music Composer
- Hannes NikelEditor
- Günter RohrbachProducer
- Ortwin FreyermuthProducer
- Michael BittinsProducer
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